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Nov 20

I waited in the queue with my pool cue

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

cue, queue
cue means a stick used to play pool
queue means a waiting line

currant, current
currant means a raisin
current means up-to-date

curser, cursor
curser means one who curses
cursor means an icon on a computer screen moved by a computer mouse

Nov 19

I heard a creak in my knee as I neared the creek

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

creak, creek
creak means a squeak
creek means a stream

crews, cruise
crews means more than one crew
cruise means a sea voyage

cruel, crewel
cruel means heartless
crewel means yarn for embroidery

Nov 18

The council gave its counsel to the mayor

Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

core, corps
core means center of a sphere
corps means a battlefield division

correspondence, correspondents
correspondence means written communication
corespondents means multiple journalists

council, counsel
council means a governing committee
counsel means advice

Nov 17

The colonel bit down on a kernel of popcorn

Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

colonel, kernel
colonel means a military officer
kernel means a corn seed

coo, coup
coo means the sound made by a pigeon or dove
coup means a military takeover

coop, coupe
coop means a place to house chickens
coupe means a car with two doors

Nov 16

How to receive mercy and find grace

Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 in Uncategorized

Mercy is when we don’t get what we deserve.

Grace is when we get what we don’t deserve.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. —Hebrews 4:14-16
Nov 15

He used a coal stove to boil the cole soup

Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

close, clothes, cloze
close means to shut
clothes means clothing
cloze means a form of written exam

coal, cole
coal means a black rock burned as fuel
cole means cabbage

coarse, course
coarse means rough
course means a path for a race

Nov 14

This clique uses only click pens

Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

cite, sight, site
cite means to quote a passage from a book
sight means the ability to see
site means a place for a building

clause, claws
clause means a group of words with a subject and predicate
claws means the toenails of an animal

click, clique
click means a brief, sharp sound
clique means a small exclusive group

Nov 13

Several cords plucked can play a chord

Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

choral, coral
choral means sung by a choir
coral means the hard shells left by marine creatures

chord, cord
chord means several musical notes play simultaneously
cord means a thin rope

chute, shoot
chute means a trough pointed downward
shoot means to fire a bullet from a gun

Nov 12

It is good to eat chili on this chilly day

Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

chic,sheik
chic means elegant
sheik means an Arabic leader

chilly, chili
chilly means cold
chili means spicy bean soup

choir, quire
choir means a vocal group
quire means a quantity of paper

Nov 11

I choose the one who chews his food well

Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

chased, chaste
chased means pursued at speed
chaste means abstaining from sexual intercourse

cheap, cheep
cheap means of little worth or quality
cheep means the sound make by chicks

chews, choose
chews means to crush with the teeth
choose means to pick