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Correct spelling is more generally used to convey educational status. ...which, like it or not, is often a fairly reliable mental cue for determining how much
by sofal 17y ago
Correct spelling is more generally used to convey educational status.
...which, like it or not, is often a fairly reliable mental cue for determining how much importance to place on someone's opinion. Clarity is only part of the equation.
- mattmcknight 17y agoOf course, I engage in the practice myself. However, my point was about the subject of the post, homophones. If you have a way of distinguishing them while speaking, they aren't homophones. If you have a way of distinguishing them when writing, you have a poorly constructed phonetic alphabet.