Language is a big game of algebra.
When you write abc, xyz, the, etc...
You want the audience to understand the meaning of X.
But English is the motherload differential equation of all languages. We love homonyms, homograms, borrowed words, e-words. List all the nuanced meanings of the word "fishy" and you could wallpaper the Chrysler Building.
Tune in Friday when we begin differentiating grey and gray, rapt/wrapped/rapped, council vs. counsel, Cavalier vs. Maverick, and what IS a San Francisco 49er anyway?
Submit your own differentiation requests in the comments :)
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