Historical Facts

Take a close look at these words and notice that one has a "s" on the end which changes the meaning.

Beside: preposition, near, next to, at the side of

I will stand beside you through good times or bad.
She stood beside the fence gate.

Besides: in addition to, apart from, except
It was the most popular book ever written, besides the Bible.
Everyone besides Anna wanted to go swimming.

These two words are Homophones and the word "herd" is also a Homonym because it has two meanings.

heard: verb perceive with the ear, listen to
I heard the doorbell when it rang.

herd: noun a number of animals,
herd: verb keep together, move in a herd.

We have a large herd of cows.
We will herd them through Texas.

This is a mind teaser. See how fast you can say the color of the words, not what the word is!

For some reason I keep running across the word NOW used in place of know.
These words don't sound the same when spoken but when writing some people leave
the K off which changes the meaning of the sentence or makes it read funny.

Now :noun; at the present time, on this further ocassion
Please take the trash out now.
What do we do now?

know :verb; have in the mind, something learned, be able to recall

He didn't know her name.
Did he know a lot about fixing cars?
I know the answer to that question.

I know you will take the time to check your articles now.