Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Homophones - Forth v Fourth



Forth (adverb) – from a place or point in time
Ø      The four friends set forth on their long journey from North America to Asia in May.
Ø      Darren almost met with an accident three months ago as he was returning from a party. From that day forth, he never drove under the influence of alcohol.

Fourth – a number
Ø     My birthday is on the fourth of June.

Ø   William was over the moon (= extremely happy) when he came fourth in the marathon.

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