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Confusables Entry 87 / 1605 60-second read

Buy vs. By vs Bye

Purchase versus proximity/agent versus farewell.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“I'll be there buy noon.”

✓ Correct

“I'll be there by noon.”

The ruleii

BUY = purchase.

Triple homophones.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

b-U-y = p-U-rchase.

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