April 25th, 2014, 03:49 PM | #1 |
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Brake vs break (and other laughable misuses of words)
Which frequently misused homophones drive you crazy, make you roll or eyes, or make you chuckle?
This being a motorcycle forum, I'm in awe at the number of people who misuse brake and break. Homophone lesson numero uno: BRAKE - v. to slow down or stop a moving vehicle. BRAKES - n. a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels. BREAK - What you DON'T want to happen to your or your bike while riding it! So quit saying you "break" on the bike. If so, you should probably be posting in the "I crashed!!!" forum. Sometimes I just can't restrain the teacher inside of me.
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April 25th, 2014, 04:12 PM | #2 |
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Their: "The guy was looking for their bike." There: "The bike is over there." They're: "They're really glad that they found the bike." |
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April 25th, 2014, 04:24 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, good one. I have a There, Their, They're song I teach my elementary kids to the tune of B-I-N-G-O!
Your and you're is another.
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April 25th, 2014, 04:32 PM | #4 |
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On the other hand, I need to learn better punctuation. Semi-colons and such.
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April 25th, 2014, 05:03 PM | #5 |
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April 25th, 2014, 05:05 PM | #6 |
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like you pointed out brake and break are commonly seen in online motorcycle discussion. Another one is road and rode that gets misused in motorcycle discussion
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April 25th, 2014, 05:42 PM | #7 |
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Besides what has already been posted: to/too, know/no. Not a homophone, but the two separate words a lot. It's not alot.
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April 25th, 2014, 06:23 PM | #8 |
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I'm so bad with this kinda stuff....
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April 25th, 2014, 06:32 PM | #9 | |
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Quote:
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April 25th, 2014, 09:55 PM | #10 |
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moot point / mute point
(the latter being a point made by one who can't speak...)
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April 26th, 2014, 08:56 AM | #11 | |
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Quote:
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April 26th, 2014, 09:45 AM | #12 | |
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April 26th, 2014, 09:51 AM | #13 |
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I like hyperbole and a half, it's become an awesome meme.
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April 26th, 2014, 10:18 AM | #14 |
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I was bad, I thought it was the Oatmeal when I first searched for the Alot. Dur de dur
Now see in my case its my lame tablet keyboard ever since the upgrade that has fouled my typing. It's almost impossible to hit the Shift key (and now they've switched the color to make it look like it is off when it is on). So my typing has suffered by losing capitalization and gaining spaces. Grrrr
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April 27th, 2014, 05:37 PM | #15 |
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Let's not forget perennial versus perineal...
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April 27th, 2014, 10:59 PM | #16 |
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Than/then, affect/effect, insure/ensure
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April 28th, 2014, 12:34 AM | #17 |
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discreet/discrete. Not a homophone but "irregardless" is one of my favorites. "I could care less" (when somebody means they don't care about something) makes me laugh too.
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April 28th, 2014, 12:37 AM | #18 |
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Just read this one in another thread...
"Low and behold" instead of "Lo, and behold!" |
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April 28th, 2014, 04:23 AM | #19 |
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definitely/defiantly - People use defiantly instead of definitely and then I want to ask what they're so angry about
"bear with me"/"bare with me" - No I don't want to strip with you, thanks "for all intents and purposes"/"for all intensive purposes" - So what about non-intensive purposes? I have to resist being a smart ass when people use the wrong word... |
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April 28th, 2014, 04:48 AM | #20 |
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Entendre ... The nontondrum is doubled
Then again my brokes work fine for stopping my bike Haha idk this durn thread def isn't my cup of T |
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April 30th, 2014, 03:59 PM | #22 |
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Nucular weapons (now a registered Bushism )
I bought my new bike to the meet. (No you brought it) On the interweb. ( not quite homophones but still annoying ) |
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April 30th, 2014, 06:18 PM | #23 |
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I know you shouldn't drink before riding but I like to do a little heroine before I go for a ride.
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May 1st, 2014, 08:21 AM | #24 |
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Wave - to move one's hand to and fro as a greeting or a signal
Waive - refrain from applying or enforcing; refrain from insisting on or using
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May 1st, 2014, 08:22 AM | #25 |
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May 1st, 2014, 12:34 PM | #26 |
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sale/sell <--- wtf people?
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May 1st, 2014, 03:44 PM | #27 |
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Seriously. No kidding!
Sale is a noun. Sell is a verb. That's how I know which affect/effect to use. Affect is used as the action (verb) and effect is the thing (noun).
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May 1st, 2014, 04:11 PM | #28 | |
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i think effect is actually both.
from the dictionary: Quote:
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May 1st, 2014, 04:20 PM | #30 |
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Very nice! I sit corrected!
In the typical human usage of effect and affect, the general rule of noun vs verb is the way to go. Interesting to see the exception to the rule. I love words!
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May 1st, 2014, 04:39 PM | #32 |
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It was shear stupidity to hit a bike that was stationery weather it was well parked or not.
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May 1st, 2014, 05:54 PM | #33 |
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The breaks must have gone out. Of course. Know other explanation.
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May 1st, 2014, 08:43 PM | #34 |
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Ambulance/Ambalamps. How can someone be so far off as to call for an ambalamps in a time of need and be taken seriously?
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May 1st, 2014, 09:32 PM | #36 |
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Like a warshing machine lol.
A bit off topic but "needs replaced" where the speaker drops the verb "to be" from the sentence. "That brake rotor needs replaced." |
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May 2nd, 2014, 09:49 AM | #37 |
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So where does sail fit in?
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May 2nd, 2014, 01:42 PM | #38 |
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It can be either, a noun or a verb!
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May 2nd, 2014, 02:29 PM | #39 |
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May 3rd, 2014, 08:38 AM | #40 |
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Using "weary" when one means "wary" is pretty common...
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