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Practical English Grammar


Sound a like words Part Three


Here is the third set of sound-alike words. Study and use them well.
12.plain: not adorned; piece of land
She wore a plain dress to the event.
The horses moved quickly across the plain.
plane: a piece of aircraft
How heavy is that plane with all those passengers aboard it now?
13.principal: the school’s leader; the most important
The committee met in the principal’s office.
This highway is the principal road in this county.
principle: rule of conduct or main fact
Jeremiah could readily understand that science principle.
14.their: owned by a group
Their clubhouse was made by Frank Miller.
there: place; sentence starter
He lives right there.
There are many reasons to vote for Brianna Feller.
they’re: contraction for they + are
They’re moving to Canada after the school year ends.
15.theirs: possessive of their
That boat is theirs.
there’s: contraction for there + is
There’s my dad on his motorcycle.
16.to: preposition; start of an infinitive
He went to school.
‘‘To be’’ is an infinitive.
too: more than enough
Perry was too tired to run fast.
two: one plus one
Two people were approaching the door.

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Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. compound subjects part two
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4. Second Capitalization List
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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7. complete and simple subjects
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8. the noun
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9. Confusing usage words part six
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10. the adverb
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11. the object of the preposition
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12. irregular verbs part two
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13. Confusing usage words part three
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14. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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15. the indirect object
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16. the noun clause
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17. More Apostrophe Situations
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18. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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19. the prepositional phrase
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20. The possessive case
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21. Quotation Marks Part Two
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22. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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23. The verb be
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24. Confusing usage words part two
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25. Commas Part Five
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26. the adjective phrase
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27. the adjective
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28. the participle and participial phrase
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29. Sound a like words Part Two
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30. The Colon
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31. Using Capital Letters
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32. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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33. regular verb tenses
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34. the correlative conjunction
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35. the subordinating conjunction
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36. complete and simple predicates
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37. introducing phrases
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38. the verb
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39. Confusing usage words part four
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40. Active and passive voices
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41. Sound alike words part one
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42. The Semicolon
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43. types of sentences by purpose
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44. compound complex sentences
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45. pronouns and their antecedents
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46. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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47. The nominative case
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48. the appositive
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49. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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50. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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