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What is the difference between homophones and heterophones?

Homophones are spelt differently but with the same sound. Examples are:

a. Two.... too,

b. Quay.... Key,

Etc,

While

Heterophones are spelt the same but with different sound and different meanings. Examples:

a. Minute..... minute

b. Tear .... Tear

N/B: I've already taught the correct pronunciation of these words in my videos. You can check them up here.

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Never pronounce the "r" sound at the end of words in The British English.

It is usually silent.

Examples:

1. Water /ˈwɔː.tə(r)/,

2. Flower /flaʊə(r)/,

3. Leader /ˈliː.də(r),

And so many others.

The only way you can say the last "r" in words is, if the next word starts with a vowel sound.

This is the reason it is enclosed with a pair of parentheses. Example:

✅ Water is life.

Here, the next word after water is "is" and it starts with the vowel /I/. Therefore, the "r" can be said.

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The word "wind" can be used as a noun and as a verb.

It also has two pronunciations.

The noun is pronounced as /wind/

The verb is pronounced as /waind/.

1. The verb describes a lot of actions and activities, and one of it is to roll a cord, thread, tap, etc.

To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
Examples:

A. She can wind the thread for you.

2.
To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

E.g: Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

The past tense of wind in when used in this sense is WOUND /waund/

It has an /au/ sound as in "How".

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