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2. CHAPTER 29: WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE/LOOK ALIKE
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3. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will learn to:
 distinguish between common sound-alike and lookalike words and incorporate such distinctions in
your writing.
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4. WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE/LOOK ALIKE

Words that sound alike or look alike (often called
homonyms) can be confusing.
 Some examples:
a/an/and
accept/except
addition/edition
advice/advise
affect/effect
allowed/aloud
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5. MORE WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE/LOOK ALIKE

Examples
 lead/led
 lessen/lesson
 loan/lone
 pain/pane
 pair/pear
 passed/past
 peace/piece
 plain/plane
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6. WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nancy wants to by a computer.
My favorite serial is Frosted Flakes.
Getting a bad grade will affect my GPA.
Roses are beautiful flours.
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7. WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nancy wants to by a computer.
My favorite serial is Frosted Flakes.
Getting a bad grade will affect my GPA.
Roses are beautiful flours.
distinguish between common sound-alike and lookalike words and incorporate such distinctions in
your writing.
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