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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

716 - What's Up With Words That Are Spelled the Same but Sound Different?

Aug 23, 2019
11:39

SUS-pect and sus-PECT. IN-valid and in-VALID. English is filled with words that are spelled the same but sound different. We dug in and found a few interesting reasons.

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