Homophones….

Homophones are words which sound the same but are different in spelling and meaning. For example: chose/chews, blew/blue, sight/site and where/wear.

In the follow paragraph a number of homophones have been used incorrectly. Can you correct these mistakes? (You will find a corrected paragraph below.)

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Answer

ONE NIGHT I SAW a PAIR of men BY the SEA. I thought THEIR FEET were stuck BUT some people came and CAUGHT hold of them and pulled them out. WHAT were they doing? They had to KNOW that the TIDE was coming in! The men had taken a long TIME to get HERE. Now they had to go all the WAY back again.  The ONE with lots of RED HAIR looked odd. He was holding TWO parcels tied up with string that had KNOTS in. I thought I KNEW him. Was I RIGHT?