Comments on: Homophones, Homonyms, and Homographs

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:35:38 +0000

Actually, pronunciation varies depending on location. There are many different English dialects throughout the world. In my region, for example, “affect” and “effect” are pronounced exactly the same.

However, in all regions, sentences are supposed to start with capital letters and end with some type of punctuation mark, like a period. Sloppy grammar is sometimes the result of focusing on others’ perceived shortcoming and not enough on our own.

By: oldnassau67

oldnassau67 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:03:36 +0000

“accept” and “except” are not pronounced alike; neither are “affect” and “effect”

Sloppy pronunciation – resulting too often from mistaking the meaning of one for the other – is not excused by invoking “homophones”.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:20:55 +0000

Flubbed homophones and homonyms are contextual land-mines that momentarily destroy the comprehensive flow. As a reader, they are to me the “King Peeve” of all grammatical goofs. The tragedy is that I encounter many brilliantly intelligent people who misuse them. In their defense, however, I contend that the habitual offenders know the difference; they’re just accustomed to most often communicating in the verbal medium, where phonetics and context, not spelling, determine auditory comprehension. In a predominant speaker, the brain-to-finger connection isn’t likely as refined as it is in a predominant writer. The only way to master homophones and homonyms is to practice their usage in the only medium that celebrates their distinction.

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