Bruce Worden is a scientific illustrator by day and a comic book creator by night. One of his projects, "Homophones, Weakly," is dedicated to visualizing "alike" words that we commonly get wrong.

In the Salt Lake Tribune we find the following allegation: [W]hen the social-media specialist for a private Provo-based English language learning center wrote a blog explaining homophones, he was let ...

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Tom's Guide recounted how some players initially grouped words incorrectly, such as misplacing 'Unnerve' terms, before identifying the 'T' abbreviation link. GameDaily noted the puzzle's structure ...

Most writers can distinguish between principal and principle, complement and compliment, and flee and flea. But many of these words, known as homophones, trip up even the most experienced wordsmith.

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last column, we talked about a bumper crop of “acorns.” This time, it’s a bumper crop of “eggcorns.” One incorrect ...

Until very recently, Timothy Torkildson blogged for the Nomen Global Language Center-- an ESL school in Provo, Utah. Earlier this month, Mr. Torkildson wrote a blog post explaining why homophones can ...