Hone In Or Home In

Hone In Or Home In. Home In vs. Hone In Don’t Get It Wrong! • 7ESL A few centuries later, hone picked up the verb meaning "to sharpen on a hone." The sharpening element took. Think of it as a honing stone to remember that to hone means to sharpen—it kind of rhymes and both words have an N


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Home in and hone in are two variants of a phrasal verb that means to narrow one's focus or to grow nearer to a conclusion 'Hone In' Hone means to sharpen and comes from an Old English word that meant "stone" or "rock"—you hone a knife on a sharpening stone A few centuries later, hone picked up the verb meaning "to sharpen on a hone." The sharpening element took.

. Both are common in twentieth-century English usage, with the phrase "home in" being quite prominent in British English and "hone in" equally popular in Canadian and American English. — Linda Harding-Bond, The Huffington Post, 7 Jan

Mastering the Difference Hone In or Home In?. It was originally a metaphor related to homing pigeons Asking the right questions allowed me to hone in on their specific needs