Sounds Like
Sounds Like : Grammar and Spelling TipsSometimes a word sounds as though it contains another familiar word: • There is no cocoa in a coconut. • Bated breath has nothing to do with bait. • Corridor is not related to door. • Sacrilege has the i first and the e second, unlike religion. • Abseiling is quite different from sailing. Sometimes it is just part of another word that causes a mistake: • Privilege has no d, unlike, e.g., knowledge. • Attach and detach end in -ach, not -atch, unlike dispatch. • A protuberance is something that protrudes; but it has no r after the t. • Dissect has a double s, though bisect has only one. • Psychedelic has an e after psych, unlike psychology. Tips Index
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