{"id":71876,"date":"2019-08-29T09:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71876"},"modified":"2019-08-29T09:55:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:55:37","slug":"words-confused-owing-to-faulty-pronunciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/words-confused-owing-to-faulty-pronunciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Confused Owing To Faulty Pronunciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Certain words cause confusion due to faulty pronunciation. A few of them are given below. Note that the correct pronunciation is indicated by adding a well-known word in brackets which rhymes with the word whose pronunciation is often confused.<\/p>\n<p>Floor (noun) [door] &#8211; part of the building on which one walks<\/p>\n<p>Flour (noun) [shower] &#8211; finely ground cereal grains<\/p>\n<p>Flower (noun) [shower] &#8211; coloured part of plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She sat on the floor.<\/li>\n<li>Biscuit is made of wheat flour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Weak (adjective) [leak] &#8211; not strong or fit<br \/>\nWeek (noun) [leak] &#8211; a period of seven days<br \/>\nWick (noun) [sick] &#8211; a string or piece of fabric that draws fuel to the flame in a candle or oil lamp<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A candle needs a wick.<\/li>\n<li>He was too weak to stand up.<\/li>\n<li>There are fifty-two weeks in a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heir (noun) [air] &#8211; legal inheritor of something<br \/>\nHair (noun) [care] &#8211; fine flexible strands growing on the head or body<br \/>\nHare (noun) [care] &#8211; a fast running animal that resembles a rabbit<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is the heir to the throne.<\/li>\n<li>Hair grows on our heads<\/li>\n<li>A hare looks like a big rabbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wonder (noun) [plunder] &#8211; amazed admiration, something marvelous<br \/>\nWander (verb) [yonder] &#8211; travel without destination, leave a fixed path<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gypsies wander over the country.<\/li>\n<li>I wonder why I failed to pass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Advice (noun) [nice] &#8211; recommendation about action<br \/>\nAdvise (verb) [eyes] &#8211; offer advice<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am tired of listening to advice.<\/li>\n<li>The doctor advised him to quit smoking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leave (verb) [deceive] &#8211; depart<br \/>\nLive (verb) [give] &#8211; reside in a particular place<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I leave home for work at 9 o&#8217;clock.<\/li>\n<li>My parents live abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quite (adverb) [white] &#8211; entirely<br \/>\nQuiet (adjective or noun) [diet] &#8211; peaceful, making little noise, free from trouble<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are quite right.<\/li>\n<li>I would like to lead a quiet life.<\/li>\n<li>A sick man needs a quiet room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Price (noun) [nice] &#8211; cost of something bought or sold<br \/>\nPrize (noun) [eyes] &#8211; award for winner<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the price of that bag?<\/li>\n<li>She got this bag as a prize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lose (verb) [choose] &#8211; fail to win, have something taken away<br \/>\nLoose (verb) [goose] &#8211; free, not fastened<br \/>\nLoose (adjective) [goose] &#8211; not tight or fitting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will lose your dog, if you don&#8217;t tie it up.<\/li>\n<li>When he loosed his dog it ran away.<\/li>\n<li>This knot is loose and it will soon come undone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taste (verb) [waste]<br \/>\nTest (verb) [nest]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fish tasted awful.<\/li>\n<li>He tested the food in the science laboratory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pore (noun) [door] &#8211; tiny openings in the skin through which sweat passes.<\/p>\n<p>Pour (verb) [door]<br \/>\nPoor (adjective) [tour] &#8211; not rich<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many people in Africa are very poor.<\/li>\n<li>He poured oil into the fire.<\/li>\n<li>Holes in your skin are called pores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Latter (adjective) [matter] &#8211; the second of two already named<br \/>\nLater (adverb) [waiter] &#8211; after a particular period of time<br \/>\nLetter (noun) [better]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A is tall, and B is short but the latter is stronger.<\/li>\n<li>I will see you later.<\/li>\n<li>The Post Office handles letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bath (noun) [path]<br \/>\nBathe (verb) [lathe]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have a bath to clean our bodies.<\/li>\n<li>We bathe to enjoy ourselves with no thought of cleanliness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain words cause confusion due to faulty pronunciation. 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