Translation: Careful author!

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Recently, I've seen some confusion over the words 'lead' and 'led.' Confusingly, the first spelling has multiple pronunciations, which is what I think is causing the problem.

Let's take a look:

Lead

Pronunciation: /lēd/ 

rhymes with: weed, feed, seed, bead

Verb: 3rd person...

Wish I had learned... Could have, would have, should have...

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I don't know when, I don't know how... but some time ago, someone started abusing apostrophes. I'm sure it started out innocently enough with a little confusion over possession. But unfortunately, this apostrophe abuse has gotten so out of hand that even my iPhone enco...

English has a lot of words that sound the same when pronounced, but are both spelled differently and mean different things. These trickster words are homonyms and homophones and are the bane of many English teachers' existences.

Some quick definitions

Homonyms are words...