Homophone Corner: Vain, Vane, and Vein
Answers to Practice Exercises: Vain, Vane, and Vein
(a) Varicose veins tend to worsen over time.
(b) "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live." (Henry David Thoreau)
(c) Sitting on top of the copper ball was a huge weather vane.
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