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How to Remember the Difference Between ‘Hone’ and ‘Home in On’ – Lifehacker Australia
There are certain things you’d like to “hone” and there are things you’d like to “home in on,” but these things are not the same. However, it’s one of those pairs…
There are certain things youd like to hone and there are things youd like to home in on, but these things are not the same. However, its one of those pairs of words and phrases that sound so similar and have similar meanings (like further and farther or then and than) that its easy to mix them up. But in an effort to hone our grammar skills, were going to home in on the correct usages.
First, some definitions
To hone means to sharpen, refine, or perfect something over time. You can literally hone…
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