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Same Spelling, Different Meaning

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams
Published January 19, 2021 at 5:14 PM CST
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As she often does, our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, offers examples of how complicated the English language can be. She quizzes us on words that have vastly different definitions depending on how they're used.

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Kyle Kellams
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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