Are homonyms/homophones more common in English?
As a non-native speaker, I remember the vowel shift causing more trouble at first.
Also, rules for shortening/combining words can be tricky. They’re/their is the obvious example. But then there’s won’t, where the apostrophe doesn’t simply substitute a letter in two words that work independently. And it’s/its is very confusing, as possessive is normally also marked with 's.
Is/are is a whole new thing if your native language doesn’t distinguish.
If it helps, the possessive versions of other pronouns don’t have apostrophes (hers, his, theirs, yours), so it makes since that the possessive of it also doesn’t.
Are homonyms/homophones more common in English? As a non-native speaker, I remember the vowel shift causing more trouble at first. Also, rules for shortening/combining words can be tricky. They’re/their is the obvious example. But then there’s won’t, where the apostrophe doesn’t simply substitute a letter in two words that work independently. And it’s/its is very confusing, as possessive is normally also marked with 's. Is/are is a whole new thing if your native language doesn’t distinguish.
If it helps, the possessive versions of other pronouns don’t have apostrophes (hers, his, theirs, yours), so it makes since that the possessive of it also doesn’t.
I’ve never thought about won’t or ain’t not working like the other contractions. How funny.