Difference between revisions of "Hear - here"
From Hull AWE
PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (New page: '''Hear''' and '''here''' form a pair of homophones. For more on '''hear''', go to hear; for a group of spellings which all end in the four letters '''...here''', go to [[Here - th...) |
PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) m |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''Hear''' and '''here''' | + | '''Hear''' and '''here''' {{Bridges}}. |
| + | *'''Hear''' is a [[verb]], meaning 'to perceive sound' [via the ears]. For more on '''hear''', go to [[hear]]. | ||
| + | *'''Here''', in current English, is only an [[adverb]] of place, meaning 'in this place', etc. | ||
| + | **For a group of related spellings which all end in the four letters '''...here''', go to [[Here - there - where]]. | ||
| + | |||
[[category:disambiguation]] | [[category:disambiguation]] | ||
[[category:spelling]] | [[category:spelling]] | ||
[[category:homophones]] | [[category:homophones]] | ||
| + | [[category:Spelling common errors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:09, 5 November 2021
Hear and here form one of the sets of homophones listed by the then Poet Laureate Robert Bridges.
(For more, see Bridges homophones). AWE has a category listing our articles on each of these..
- Hear is a verb, meaning 'to perceive sound' [via the ears]. For more on hear, go to hear.
- Here, in current English, is only an adverb of place, meaning 'in this place', etc.
- For a group of related spellings which all end in the four letters ...here, go to Here - there - where.
