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By *B9 Queen OP Woman
over a year ago
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English language is notorious for its homophones which can make it a minefield for native speakers let alone foreigners.
Words like here/hear, there/their/they're, wander/wonder (not strictly homophones).
Which words do you often confuse.
For me it's discreet and discrete. |
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Having learnt English here /hear their/there/they're aren't a problem, strange as that may seem. I remember having them drummed into us in primary school.
Discreet and discrete is a problem as I never know the difference and have to google them often.
The one I see quite often on Fab that always surprises me, is people using women when they mean woman. |
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By *B9 Queen OP Woman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"Practice and practise...
nbag..... Thats just bang out of order..  "
One is a noun (the name of it).
One is a verb (what you do).
Eg, practice is the noun. The doctor's practice
Practise is the verb. I will practise football. |
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By *B9 Queen OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Having learnt English here /hear their/there/they're aren't a problem, strange as that may seem. I remember having them drummed into us in primary school.
Discreet and discrete is a problem as I never know the difference and have to google them often.
The one I see quite often on Fab that always surprises me, is people using women when they mean woman."
Then and than are often confused too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A lot of people on here are confused between discreet and discrete!
I always struggle with affect and effect, I don't really know what the rule is for it I just have to say it out loud in my head to see if it works.
And my phone continually thwarts me with autocorrect when it comes to it's and its. |
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By *B9 Queen OP Woman
over a year ago
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"They' re my English was very old school, and I passed a b in English.
But we was only taught the meaning of " their" and " there" very odd 
Her"
I did the old O levels and we had a great teacher. Very hot on grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"A lot of people on here are confused between discreet and discrete!
I always struggle with affect and effect, I don't really know what the rule is for it I just have to say it out loud in my head to see if it works.
And my phone continually thwarts me with autocorrect when it comes to it's and its."
If you affect something it causes an effect.
One is a verb - to affect. The other is a noun - an effect. |
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"Where and were, I have to think about as I'm writing.
And to and too 
I remember where and were by over pronouncing where with an audible 'h' sound."
I always remember that where has the word "here" in it so relates to places. |
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For the above who said practICE and practise is out of order.....
DB9 gave you noun and verb...
This will help you remember the verb.
PractICE = ICE. ICE is a thing. So it's a NOUN..... a real tangible fucking thing.
practISE = there is no such thing as ISE....so it can't be a THING so someone must be doing something.
You can practISE your violin in the violin practICE.
You can practISE being a doctor in your doctor's practICE.
there x Practise will make perfect. |
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"I don't get confuzzled about ìt but those who say they are (or are looking for) dominate men or women drive me round the twist.
It's dominant, not dominate!!!!!!"
Totally agree V. Ive seen this so many times recently, I wonder if they would speak it that way too. My English is poor more than Id like it to be, but I do try. |
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"For the above who said practICE and practise is out of order.....
DB9 gave you noun and verb...
This will help you remember the verb.
PractICE = ICE. ICE is a thing. So it's a NOUN..... a real tangible fucking thing.
practISE = there is no such thing as ISE....so it can't be a THING so someone must be doing something.
You can practISE your violin in the violin practICE.
You can practISE being a doctor in your doctor's practICE.
there x Practise will make perfect. "
like that. i guess same goes for advice and advise. |
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"Learned and learnt. Someone enlighten me"
If you're following US writing conventions, use learned.
If you're following UK writing conventions, use learnt.
If you're describing someone as educated, you must use learned.
just googled that:
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Learned and learnt. Someone enlighten meIf you're following US writing conventions, use learned.
If you're following UK writing conventions, use learnt.
If you're describing someone as educated, you must use learned.
just googled that:
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I thought it was a US/UK thing |
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"English language is notorious for its homophones which can make it a minefield for native speakers let alone foreigners.
Words like here/hear, there/their/they're, wander/wonder (not strictly homophones).
Which words do you often confuse.
For me it's discreet and discrete. "
Sometimes, rare but it happens, when to say an in front of words that begin with an h, i.e, an hotel etc., I sometimes have to stop and think  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Practice and practise...
nbag..... Thats just bang out of order.. "
I used to be the same. I remember one letter...C for chemist, I no longer get them mixed up.
Same with StationEry or StationAry...E for envelope.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Discrete vs Discreet
When the ee's are separated, it's discrete - meaning separation
When together, you can keep a secret. He behaved discreetly - therefore use ee for keeping secrets
Advice and advise - same principle as practice vs practise |
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"They' re my English was very old school, and I passed a b in English.
But we was only taught the meaning of " their" and " there" very odd
Her
I did the old O levels and we had a great teacher. Very hot on grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. "
Maybe so, but have you been practising your A levels  |
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