Homonyms Pour, Pore and Poor
The homonyms pour, pore and poor are sometimes small mistakes or typos that people make when they are writing quickly. Suddenly, it looks wrong, but they are not sure. How do they remember the different spellings?
Check out the simple differences and tests.
Pour is something one does when refilling a glass from a pitcher. "You pour the water into the glass."
Check for the correct spelling by remembering that there is a "U" in pour. The "P" in pour stands for the pitcher and the "U" represents the glass that one pours into.
Pore is an opening in the skin which allows for oil to be released to lubricate the skin. Pore is spelled with an "ore" as if one were digging in a hole for ore. Pores are holes in the skin.
Poor is a state of being without much money or status. "The beggar was poor and needed food and clothing." Check that poor is correctly spelled by remembering that the two "O"s in poor are similar to coins. "He is so poor, he doesn't have two coins to rub together," is an expression about being poor. Poor is spelled with two "O"s.
Check out the simple differences and tests.
Pour is something one does when refilling a glass from a pitcher. "You pour the water into the glass."
Check for the correct spelling by remembering that there is a "U" in pour. The "P" in pour stands for the pitcher and the "U" represents the glass that one pours into.
Pore is an opening in the skin which allows for oil to be released to lubricate the skin. Pore is spelled with an "ore" as if one were digging in a hole for ore. Pores are holes in the skin.
Poor is a state of being without much money or status. "The beggar was poor and needed food and clothing." Check that poor is correctly spelled by remembering that the two "O"s in poor are similar to coins. "He is so poor, he doesn't have two coins to rub together," is an expression about being poor. Poor is spelled with two "O"s.