“She mistook flew for flu.”
Homophones Entry 1543 / 1605 60-second read
Flew vs. Flu
Past tense of fly versus the illness.
The comparisoni
“She mistook flew for flu — they sound alike but mean different things: Past tense of fly versus the illness.”
The ruleii
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FLEW ≠ FLU.
Flew and Flu are homophones — pronounced the same. Past tense of fly versus the illness. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
FLEW vs FLU — same sound, different meaning.