Tutoring English, homonyms are a curiosity. The tutor mentions another pair: leech and leach. leech (n): a worm-like creature that sucks blood from its prey. leach (v): to wash out, as nutrients from soil by over-watering. Source: Gilmour, Lorna (editor). …
More self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions the homophones ween and wean. ween: to believe by educated guess. wean: to change away from a habit: for example, to bring a baby to eat solid food instead of milk. Source: Mish, …
The tutor brings up another pair of homonyms, homophones, or what you like to call them…. a lot: many. We had a lot of problems producing the film. allot: allocate. We will allot five graph sheets to each student for …
Tutoring English, homophones continue to be a favourite topic. The tutor brings up the pair illicit and elicit. elicit (verb): to provoke a response. illicit (adj): illegal; non-permissible; purposely concealed (to avoid consequences). The difference (depending on which dictionary you …
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Tutoring English, this will probably never come up, but it’s a great find. Imminent: bound to happen. It’s imminent that she will notice the mustard stain on the wall. Immanent: part of something, existing everywhere within it. In the context …
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The tutor offers another pair of homonyms. Preparing for a match of Boggle, I’m thinking of likely words to spot. Beach, of course, is a sandy shore. Beech, on the other hand, is a deciduous tree found in eastern North …
Call them homonyms, homophones, or what you will; the tutor introduces another pair. My coverage of homonyms began with my post of August 21, 2013. Searching up homophone and/or homonym on this site reveals my love of them. Playing the …
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The tutor returns to a favourite topic. Do you know what mote means? According to Oxford Canadian Dictionary, it’s “a speck of dust.” In a game of Boggle the other day, mote emerged; moat was probably the word the writer …