Why Be Homophone-Phobic?

and avoid tricky sound-alike words in your stories

Collage by Ellen Shapiro using Adobe Stock vectors.

‘Homophone’ is the somewhat unfortunate term that refers to two or more words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Whether or not you’re a fan of what they’re called, homophones are popping up everywhere, in Facebook posts, in student work, even in stories on Medium.