I don’t understand this Linguistics question and need help to study.
1) Which of the following pairs of words would be treated as “minimal pairs”?
car vs. cat
ship vs. strip
tape vs. tap
my vs. climb
pit vs. pat
shoot vs. shaking
bun vs. ban
vote vs. vet
main vs. keep
heat vs. heel
tape vs. tale
bet vs. bell
take vs. tomb
meal vs. heel
vote vs. goat
melt vs. neck
bet vs. vet
fat vs. pat
chain vs. sane
