A few of the common symptoms of ear infections include: 1  mild pain or discomfort inside the ear. 2  a feeling of pressure inside the ear that persists. 3  fussiness in young infants.  pus-like ear 1  drainage. hearing loss.
sacks, sacs, sax. The words sacks, sacs, sax sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do sacks, sacs, sax sound the same even though they are completely different words? The answer is simple: sacks, sacs, sax are homophones of the English language. More homophones
These sets of words are called homophones (or sometimes homonyms), and they can cause a lot of trouble for spellers. What Are Homophones? Homophones are two or more words that sound alike but that are spelled differently and have different meanings. Here are a few homophone pairs: deer and dear, billed and build, and sew, so, and sow. Homophones occur in English because there are multiple ways to spell the same sound. For example: The sound of /n/ can be spelled with the letter N or the letter combination KN, resulting in the homophones night and knight. The sound of /Ä/ can be spelled A-consonant-E or AY (among other possible spellings), giving us daze and days.