by Phil Williams | Apr 12, 2022 | Definitions, Grammar, Vocabulary, Words
I had an idea to discuss contronyms this month, which are a specific type of homonym, but I realised I don’t have an article on homonyms here. These are an interesting (and difficult) aspect of English, where we have a great many words that can either look or sound...
by Phil Williams | Apr 14, 2016 | Definitions, Vocabulary, Words
Plain and plane are easily confused in English – they are homophones, so you may write one when meaning the other. They have a number of distinct definitions where their meanings are completely different – but one meaning where their meanings are very...