Confusables Entry 109 / 1011 60-second read

Coarse vs. Course

Rough texture versus a path/class.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Of coarse we can do that.

✓ Correct

Of course we can do that.

The ruleii

COARSE = rough or rude.

Homophones.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

cOArse = rO-U-gh (Wait, rO-U-gh matches c-O-U-rse). Memory trick: cOArse = sAnd (A).

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