Phrasal homophones

Here’s a nice little phrasal homophone I misheard in a sermon today:

“too low a hope” vs “to lower hope”.

Obviously “too” and “to” are homophones, but so is “er” and “a” (at least the way I say them) – they are otherwise known as a schwa.  So I’m keeping my ears open for a few more of these.

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