Bi » problems with words http://www.bi.web.id Business Ideas Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Words that sound the same but are spelled differently http://www.bi.web.id/words-that-sound-the-same-but-are-spelled-differently/ http://www.bi.web.id/words-that-sound-the-same-but-are-spelled-differently/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:15:30 +0000 Bi http://www.bi.web.id/?p=37 A recent survey showed that many people have problems with words that sound the same – but are spelled differently and have different meanings!
Here are some examples:

Cereal/Serial

Cereal – a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk.

Serial – something that appears in successive parts or numbers.

Whine/Wine

Whine – to moan or complain about something.

Wine – an alcoholic drink made from grapes.

Flour/Flower

Flour – finely ground meal made from grain.

Flower – plant blossom.

See/Sea

See – perceive with the eyes.

Sea – large body of salt water. (whitesmoke)

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