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Homonyms and Parallelism
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Homonyms and Parallelism
What is a Homonym
This is a word that has the same sound but has a different spelling
Basics about Homonyms
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Examples
Common trouble words
Common trouble words
Its- Belonging to it
It's- contraction of it is
Their- Belonging to them
There-in or to that place, used with is, are, was, and other forms of the verb to b
They're- contraction of they are
To- sued before a verb, as in to serve; so as to reach
Too- overly or extremely; also
Two- the number 2
your- belonging to you
you're- contraction of you are
Then and Than
Trouble with then and than
Then- the progression of time, it is also used as an adjective
Than- this is used to compare two things
A good comprehensive website for further explanation of than and then is: https://writingexplained.org/then-vs-than-difference
What is a Parallelism
This is where two or more equal ideas should be expressed in parallel or matching form. Parallelisms will help your words flow smoothly and clearly.
Basics about Parallelism
Example of not having a parallelism and having a parallelism
Examples
Parallelism absent: The new restaurant has fresh food, reasonable prices, and service that is fast.
Parallelism: The new restaurant has fresh food, reasonable prices, and fast service.
But why use a parallelism
But what is the difference?
The first two portions of the restaurants features- fresh food and reasonable prices- are in parallel form. but the last feature, the descriptive word follows the first word, unlike fresh and reasonable, which came before the word being described. You want to make sure that you are keeping everything parallel to each other when listing.