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Plain vs. Plane
Plain
/pleɪn/Examples:
A broad plain spreads before us.Your speaking countenance,' said Wegg, 'puts it plainer than language.I crossed flat plains and high mountains.
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Plane
/pleɪn/Examples:
Our plane arrives at 5:30 am.On that day, enemy planes also dropped bombs on Ujina.What if planes come and drop more bombs?"
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Plain has the word in in it, which you can think of as in the field or in the open, like a plain landscape.
- Plane has the word lane, which can remind you of an airplane flying along an air lane.
- If youre talking about something simple or basic, you might say its plain without anything extra, just like the word has no extra e.
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