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English Brushup, 3e Book Cover
English Brushup, 3/e
John Langan
Janet Goldstein
Homonyms

Writing On/Off

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Activity 1

Use your favorite search engine to find an online list of homonyms. Do any of those on the list cause you trouble? If so, why not start your own list?

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Activity 2

Go to an online dictionary like Dictionary.com, and look up the definition of two homonyms that give you trouble. Write them out and compare them. Are the definitions similar? Are they different kinds of words--that is, is one a verb, and the other a noun? Look at the etymology (history) of the words. Did they come from the same language originally?









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