The Fear of Things that Sound Like Things You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of
If you’re a professional writer, having command of homophones — two or more words with the same pronunciation, but different meanings and/or spellings — is critical. Sure, the occasional error is okay, but if you write sentences like “The boy’s ants new the write weigh two go,” you’re probably not going to keep your job for too long. This is doubly true if your writing gig is with an educational company whose core focus is on teaching English. Homophones can get you fired. Or you could understand homophones perfectly, write a blog post about them for that very same educational company, and get fired anyway — because your boss, is, let’s say, is homophonophobic.
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