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Today I saw the mis-spelling "break" for "brake" in The New York Times and received an email from a company I have long respected, suggesting that I consider working there as a "Sr. Software Engineer or Principle Engineer". As I have principles, I will not consider it. &mdash I am saddened to see increasing and careless errors caused by homonyms (as I learned the term; today they are often referred to as homophones). I am pedantic about spelling and usage, but seeing two such prominent examples startled me.