Threw vs. Through

Posted by Administrator on August 30, 2008 in The Word |
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The Word will deal with quite a few homophones (words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings). These can be tricky, especially if you’re in a hurry, are relying on spell-check, or never learned the distinctions between these words.

Recently I’ve seen quite a few people write “threw” when they meant “through.” What’s the difference?

Threw is the past tense of the verb throw.

Through can be a preposition, adverb or adjective meaning (among other things) “into at one side of and out at the other side of.” (Please see your dictionary for additional meanings.)

He threw the baseball through the window.

(Definitions taken from The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.)

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