There and Their / Then and Than / Too and To. Also, some don't know the difference with "two."
It amazes me how so many people don't know the differences between such simple words.
I've seen these words misrepresented so often.
2006-12-15 14:41:13 · 6 answers · asked by MsElainious 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Fancy, I agree with you on one level, but when I went back to college at age 40, I was surprised at just how lazy a lot of people were when it came to learning. Dislexia is not the majority.
Lisa, I didn't take it as you were being anything other than kind to inform me that I had misused the word "misrepresent."
You are correct, Thank You!
2006-12-16 06:34:00 · update #1
Homophones are tricky , especially for people who rely on memorizing or phoenics. To a person who has dyslexia and for whom spelling ANY word is a challenge, they rely on what they hear. All those words sound alike. This is also true for people who are learning English as a second language. If you think homophones are tricky, you should try to explain how the F sound can be spelled f as in fun ph as in phone or gh as in enough. Those words are pure memorization and some people have poor memories. They want logic, and the English language has so many exceptions to so many rules it overwhelms them. Be happy you do not have that problem. Be sensitive to the fact that others do.
2006-12-15 14:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by fancyname 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There -- a place as in over there. We will go there tomorrow.
Their--plural possessive as in Their books, their pencils. Belongs to. ownership.
Then--indicates time. What happened then? Then and now.
Than--comparative. Better than this. I'd rather have this than that.
Too--also or excessive. I want to go too. You want too much.
To--preposition. Please go to the store. We want to answer questions.
Two is the number 2 spelled out.
Easy way to remember too and to is if you can substitute also, you can be sure it spelled too. Or if it describes something it is too. Like too big. Too small. Too tight. Too loose.
2006-12-15 15:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by MH/Citizens Protecting Rights! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate to be a smart-aleck here, but don't you mean "confuse" or "misuse" rather than "misrepresent"?
2006-12-15 14:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by LisaFlorida 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, while we are talking about misusing a word, you have misused "misrepresented."
2006-12-15 14:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And lets not get into tricky ones like affect/effect, stationary/stationery, further/farther, elicit/illicit and the every mind-bending its/it's
2006-12-15 14:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, now what was the question?
2006-12-15 14:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by Mrs. SmartyPants 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋