“She mistook caught for cot.”
Homophones Entry 1516 / 1605 60-second read
Caught vs. Cot
Past tense of catch versus a small bed.
The comparisoni
“She mistook caught for cot — they sound alike but mean different things: Past tense of catch versus a small bed.”
The ruleii
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CAUGHT ≠ COT.
Caught and Cot are homophones — pronounced the same. Past tense of catch versus a small bed. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
CAUGHT vs COT — same sound, different meaning.