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jthanson t1_j19qly8 wrote

Reply to comment by earthcaretaker315 in Next to the manger at Capitol Campus by LoudLemming

Although I appreciate your pedantry, the use of homophone is appropriate here. Although “have” and “of” are not homophones when pronounced correctly, they are indistinguishable in colloquial speech, especially in American English. The incorrect usage of “of” in place of “have” is a phenomenon of auditory language experience. In that respect, it is homophony that is to blame.

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