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Meet and Meat

5/13/2015

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Words that sound the same but are spelled differently are called HOMOPHONES.

Take a look at some examples of homophones:
to, two, too
plane. plain
deer, dear
write, right
see, sea

When speaking, it's much easier to tell which words are used because there's context (not all the time, but most of the time!). If you're driving and someone says. "Go right," we know he/she doesn't mean "Go write" because why would you go "write" when you're driving?! 

However, it's important to distinguish between different homophones so that we can write correctly and not confuse our readers.

Let's look at the words 'meet' and 'meat.' These are homophones that are spelled differently but have completely different meanings.
Meet= [verb] get together with someone, for example, "Let's meet for lunch tomorrow."
Meat= [uncountable noun] flesh from animals that we eat, for example, chicken or beef

Use this image to help you remember the difference:
Think of two people meeting on a date (E meets E)
Think of a person indulging in a delicious beef burger (E eats A)

Test yourself on these common homophones:
(1) I really wish I had your/you're job.
(2) The bank is on your write/right.
(3) There/Their/They're classroom is so much bigger than ours!
(4) Your cellphone is over their/they're/there.
(5) Look at that dear/deer over there!
(6) I don't want to attend this meeting to/ too/two.
Answers:
(1) your,  (2) right,  (3) Their,  (4) there,  (5) deer,  (6) too


Related Lessons:

Jeans or Jeans
Everytime or Every Time
British Versus American English
Homophones, difference between meet and meat, words that sound the same but different meaning, homonym, homograph
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