•September 29, 2021•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

It’s been forever since we explored some words that sound the same but have different spellings or meanings.
Let’s start with “bear” and “bare.”
To bear something is to endure it or carry it.
You can bear a burden, you can bear a child, but you probably can’t bear the sight of a bear in your tent.
To bare something is to strip it down. But its primary use is as an adjective to describe something that’s, well, naked.
You can ride bareback — that is, without a saddle, though I wouldn’t recommend it. You can bare your soul to your priest, but you probably shouldn’t bare yourself to a stranger on a bus.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.