Homophone Corner: The Difference Between "Heroin" and "Heroine
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Answers to Practice Exercises: Heroin and Heroine
(a) Author Stieg Larsson describes his hacker heroine, Lisbeth Salander, as pierced, pale, reed thin, and punk.
(b) When heroin was developed in Germany in 1898 as a morphine substitute and cough suppressant, it was believed to be harmless.
Answers to Practice Exercises: Heroin and Heroine
(a) Author Stieg Larsson describes his hacker heroine, Lisbeth Salander, as pierced, pale, reed thin, and punk.
(b) When heroin was developed in Germany in 1898 as a morphine substitute and cough suppressant, it was believed to be harmless.