What two words are “music to your ears”?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! After all, there are two words I’m already plenty used to: no comment.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What two words are “music to your ears”?
Read [present tense] and read [past tense] are heteronyms—having the same spelling, but different pronunciations. No wonder English is so difficult to pick up as a second language. Both tenses of read are music to my ears. As in, “I read [present] a lot of blogs, but after I read [past] your latest article, I have to say …” Doesn’t matter if that sentence ends in a compliment or a critique, either way, they read my stuff. And that’s the important part. There’s an old line concerning Howard Stern: people who like him listen for an hour and 20 minutes per day, while those who hate him listen for 2.5 hours per day. Both groups claimed they listen to hear what he said next. I’d rather people desire to read my stuff in anticipation of its positive aspects. But, hey, a return reader is a return reader! Doesn’t much matter if they love how I eloquently fashion my awe-inspiring opinions, or if they hate every syllable of my pompous ramblings. As long as they’ve read and will read. For those who argue read and read count as a single word: staycation.