Re: Tail and Tale are not Synonyms but Homophones

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I do have PhD, I am a horrible speller, I admit to that. I also am
typing on a laptop that my 3 year old daughter has messed up by eating
toast over.... so yes, a lot of my keys get stuck. However, I never
for second "pretend" that my stupid mistakes are anything but.

Oh you may want to brush up on your grammar:

“grammar myth number one” because nearly all grammarians agree that it's
fine to end sentences with prepositions.

Oxford rules of Grammar

On 11/19/10, Anon wrote:
> It's a pun, Honey! Have some humor. Is your "n" key broken too, PH?
> referece?? Or reference?? And usally meaning usually?? Don't end
> with a preposition..to.
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> On 11/19/10, makes no sense wrote:
>> sorry my "u" key keeps getting stuck, in my last sentence it
>> should state "Are you using, not Are you sing
>>
>> On 11/19/10, This makes no sense wrote:
>>> I am very sorry to hear that you were written up today, however,
>>> your writing makes no sense whatsoever.
>>> Whatever you are alluding to is lost in your writing. I have a
>>> PhD in Lang and Lit and usally can make sense of what most
>>> people are refering to. It really "seems" that you are using
>>> homophones in place of an incorrectly used synonym (meaning a
>>> synonym would still not make sense in your writing)Are you sing
>>> the term tattle tail in place of a referece to the "tail end" of
>>> something?
>>>
>>> On 11/19/10, Anon wrote:
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>>>>> Tail and tale are not synonyms but homophones. Since we are
>>>>> teachers, we should really know that!
>>>>
>>>> Then get my point. I know that tail and tale are homphones.
>>>> I wasn't using my message that way. I said this teacher is a
>>>> tattle tail....meaning a synonym for tail. She is a
>>>> tattle__synonym for tail. Got it????
 

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