Just a quick jot about one little thing that regularly bugs me on the net. Many people don’t know their homonyms. I don’t mean those who can’t think of them. I mean those who know them all by spelling, but not by meaning. And pick the one that looks fancier whether or not it is right.
Today specifically I’m bugged by misuse of sight, site, and cite.
- Sight; a view or target.
- Site; a location (as in where to sit something, website).
- Cite; to indicate or refer (related to the noun citation)
The your/you’re and its/it’s/it’s swaps also annoy. These are both cases of confusing a contraction with a possessive. Commonly misused.
- You’re sure your eyes are working.
- It’s good that its eyes are working.
What’re your homonymical obsessions?
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