HOMOPHONES

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HOMOPHONES

• OTHER FREQUENTLY MISUSED WORDS

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TO, TOO, TWO

• TO 1. A PREPOSTION MEANING TOWARDS
• 2. USED WITH A VERB (TO SEE, TO WIN)
• EX I AM GOING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN.
• TOO 1. ALSO 2. MORE THAN ENOUGH/VERY
• EX I WANTED ANOTHER PIECE OF CAKE TOO, BUT I ATE
  TOO MUCH ALREADY.
• TWO THE NUMBER
• EX I HAVE TWO BROTHERS, TERRY AND CASEY.

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THERE, THEIR, THEYRE

• THERE SHOWS LOCATION
• EX PLEASE PUT YOUR HOMEWORK OVER THERE.
• THEIR OWNERSHIP
• EX THEIR COUSIN WAS HERE TO VISIT.
• THEYRE THEY ARE CONTRACTION
• EX THEYRE GOING TO VISIT THEIR COUSIN OVER
  THERE.

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WERE , WERE

• WERE PAST TENSE OF ARE.
• EX WE WERE GOING TO GO TO THE MALL, BUT WE HAD
  NO MONEY.
• WERE WE ARE CONTRACTION
• EX WERE GOING TO THE MALL NOW.

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ITS, ITS

• ITS SHOWS POSSESSION.
• EX THE CAT PLAYED WITH ITS TOY.
• ITS IT IS OR IT HAS CONTRACTION
• EX ITS SUPPOSED TO RAIN TODAY. ITS BEEN
  RAINING FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT.

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YOUR, YOURE

• YOUR A PRONOUN SHOWING OWNERSHIP/POSSESSION.
• EX PLEASE TAKE YOUR HOMEWORK SERIOUSLY.
• YOURE A CONTRACTION FOR YOU ARE.
• EX YOUR SMELLY SOCKS ARE GAGGING ME, SO YOURE
  GOING TO PUT THEM IN THE WASHER, RIGHT?

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WHOSE, WHOS

• WHOSE THE POSSESSIVE FORM OF WHO. SHOWS
  OWNERSHIP.
• EX WHOSE BINDER IS THAT OVER THERE?
• WHOS CONTRACTION OF WHO IS OR WHO HAS
• EX WHOS GOING TO OFFER TO COLLECT THE BOOKS?

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THAN, THEN

• THEN USED TO TELL WHEN OR IN A SEQUENCE OF
  EVENTS.
• EX I TOOK MY MATH TEST, THEN MY SCIENCE TEST,
  THEN I WENT TO CROUCHS CLASS AND FELL ASLEEP.
• THAN USED IN COMPARISONS.
• EX I LIKE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM BETTER THAN
  VANILLA.

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I OR ME

• BOTH I ME ARE PRONOUNS. I IS A SUBJECT
  PRONOUN WHILE ME IS AN OBJECT PRONOUN.
• I USE I WHEN IT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
  SENTENCE THE DOER OF THE ACTION.
• EX TONY AND I WENT TO SEE AVATAR.
• ME USE ME WHEN IT IS THE RECEIVER OF THE
  ACTION.
• EX TONY THREW THE BALL TO ME.

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I ME

• OK FOR YEARS YOUR MOM HAS CORRECTED YOU BY
  SAYING, NO HONEY. ITS NOT ANN AND ME, ITS
  ANN AND I. WELL, SORRY, MOM. SOMETIMES THIS IS
  TRUE, YET OTHER TIMES THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
• INCORRECT YOU SHOULD COME OUT TO DINNER WITH ANN
  AND I.
• CORRECT YOU SHOULD COME OUT TO DINNER WITH ANN
  AND ME.
• HERES THE RULE TAKE OUT THE OTHER PERSON
  AND THE CONJUCTION AND SEE WHICH PRONOUN SOUNDS
  RIGHT!!