Jumat, 20 April 2012

New and Knew

These two words are Homophones. They sound the same when spoken but have different meanings. While visiting some blogs yesterday I noticed that "new" was being used when in fact "knew" was what should have been used. It could have been a typo and the author of the article didn't notice. Funny thing is spell check wont catch these typos because the word is spelled correctly. That's another reason you can't depend entirely on that program.

New:noun; now, for the first time, in original condition, strange(being new to me)

I wore a new dress to work today.
I found a new baseball card for my collection.

Knew: verb;(past tense of know) to be acquainted with, to know, identify, be subject to

I knew it was the same man I saw yesterday.
I knew it was the wrong answer.
He knew it was the wrong color.

I bought a new purse today and knew it wouldn't be big enough for everything I want to put in it.

By : tatank,

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