Hi, Sunday, January 4, 2004, 7:36:15 AM, you wrote:
> Me too - just on the list the other day, I noticed that I had used the words > "their", "they're" and "there" in *their* wrong contexts! I was almost > going to post an apology for it too, but decided to swallow my pride for > once and just accept that I am human...! lol. > I think that word is "homonym", but I *have* been known to be wrong on > occasion... > John said:" Steak and stake "ain't" a typo or a mispelling now is it? Theres > a term for words that sound the same but are spelled and >> mean different things but it escapes me at the moment....... I am guilty > of all three types of mistakes from time to time. homophone. Bob
