Homonym Hump Day - Bear or Bare?
Let's jump right in with a homonym I never gave much thought to until it popped up in my rewrite of Third Times the Charm (for those with a wondering bent - I'm *this* close to having this sucker finished).
As Nick and John struggle to save John's contractors from the collapsed building site, I must ask my readers to bear with me as I struggle with the revised ending - or do they need to bare with me
See what I mean? Bare can't be right, that's more like a let's-get-naked spelling. But bear? Why does that spelling make me twitch? (Really, I'm twitching just looking at it. Are you?) Right there is the true joy of homonyms - the realization that I don't know as much as I *think* I know. Riding to my rescue are the lovely folks at Daily Writing Tips with the definitive answer to the age old question ... Bare or Bear?
As Nick and John struggle to save John's contractors from the collapsed building site, I must ask my readers to bear with me as I struggle with the revised ending - or do they need to bare with me
See what I mean? Bare can't be right, that's more like a let's-get-naked spelling. But bear? Why does that spelling make me twitch? (Really, I'm twitching just looking at it. Are you?) Right there is the true joy of homonyms - the realization that I don't know as much as I *think* I know. Riding to my rescue are the lovely folks at Daily Writing Tips with the definitive answer to the age old question ... Bare or Bear?
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