{"id":3520,"date":"2022-08-09T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:32:08","slug":"the-bare-necessities-of-bare-vs-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/the-bare-necessities-of-bare-vs-bear","title":{"rendered":"The Bare Necessities Of Bare Vs. Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-8\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Words that sound alike but mean different things, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-a-homephone\">homophones<\/a>, are the bane of every English speaker. 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English is a difficult language with a ton of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/microsoft-editor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">grammar rules<\/a>, exceptions, and quirks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\"><picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1600x600_TheBareNecessitiesOfBareVsBear.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1600x600_TheBareNecessitiesOfBareVsBear.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1600x600_TheBareNecessitiesOfBareVsBear.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1600x600_TheBareNecessitiesOfBareVsBear.jpg\" alt=\"A woman researching how to spell bare necessities.\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the differences between bare vs. bear isn&#8217;t too difficult. 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