Homophones can trip up game plan

Published 1:30 pm Monday, March 26, 2012

Since two of my children attended Western Washington University, I was interested in the NCAA Division II basketball championship game on Saturday. As I was enjoying lunch in a favorite local restaurant, I also enjoyed the outcome of the game (WWU won).

I didn’t get to see the preview article in the Saturday sports section (page E6) until Saturday afternoon. I started reading, and skidded to a stop in the first sentence.

Scott, Scott, Scott. A deliberately small, tight-knit group of people with a common interest is a “clique.” “Click” is the sound you hear when someone locks the door when you try to enter their clique.

Darn that spell checker, anyway.

John P. Frey

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