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Tuesday Tricksters are Back! Morning-Musth

Tuesday Tricksters are Back! Morning-Musth

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flew / flu / fue Breath / breathe / breadth 8

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have different Pigs chute / shoot
counsel / council
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dae genes / jeans
397 gifted / gui sold / 50d
team / teem ay guik / 80!
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assistance / assistants ike clause / claws

 

cents / sense

sent / scent

It's been a few months since my last Tuesday Tricksters post, and I'm not sure why I stopped posting this series. Because each post shows my readers words in English that are easy to misuse (no matter whether English is their first or fortieth language!), I know I want to keep it going.

These tricksters are homophones, words that sound the same (or almost, anyway), words that are spelled differently and mean something different, and words that spellcheck is useless with (because it only checks spelling, not usage).

And because you all know my primary goal here is to help you look and smart as you are, and because these words can trip up even the smartest of us, I'm starting where I left off. You can find the first 20 or so posts of this series on my website: GrammarGoddess.com. Click on blogs, then Tuesday Tricksters.

So, on with the show!

Morning (n.): a time early in a day
Mourning (v.): feeling sadness because of a loss

Much (adj.): great聽in聽quantity,聽measure,聽or聽degree (too聽much聽cake); (n.): a great quantity, measure,聽or聽degree (Much聽of聽his聽research聽was聽unreliable.); a great, important, or notable thing聽or聽matter (The聽house聽is聽not聽much聽to聽look聽at.); (adv.):聽more;聽most; a 聽great 聽extent聽or degree;聽greatly;聽far (to聽talk聽too聽much; to be much heavier).
Mutch (n.): (British) a聽close-fitting聽linen聽or聽muslin聽cap,聽as聽worn聽by elderly women or聽babies in Scotland.

Murderess (n.): a female who murders
Murderous (adj.): capable of, guilty of, or intending murder

Muscle (n.): body tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement; muscular strength; (v.): to push with force (to muscle in).
Mussel (n.): an edible saltwater bivalve

Mussed (v.): past tense of to muss, to make messy or untidy; rumple
Must (n.): something that has to be done (Being at the meeting at 10 is a must.) (aux. v.): used to express a requirement or a necessity (She must attend that meeting at 10.)
Musth (n.): a time during which male elephants聽exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness.


Were you surprised by any of these words? I had seen musth, but I had to look it up to be sure of its definition. Of course, I'm not sure when I'll actually need to know or use it . . .

For more on these or any English word, check out聽www.YourDictionary.com, a terrific resource that shows words and their definitions in several dictionaries.

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Milos Djukic

6 years ago #2

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My pleasure dear Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess!
Thanks so much for sharing the post, Milos Djukic! I always appreciate your support, as do so many others.

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