English is full of quirks that native speakers often take for granted.
Words that look like they should rhyme, like come and home or through and cough, don’t.
Others, like tear and tear or wound and wound, are spelled the same but pronounced differently depending on the context.Add in peculiar idioms like “cold turkey” or “raining cats and dogs,” and it’s no wonder English can confound even its native speakers, let alone learners
The Role of the Apostrophe
