Why English is
so hard to learn

YOU think English
is easy? Check out
the following.

1. The bandage
was wound around
the wound.
2. The farm was cultivated to produce
produce.
3. The dump was so full that the
workers had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture
shown at the store.
5. He could lead if he would get the
lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his
tasty dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the pres-
ent, he thought it was time to present the
present to his girlfriend.
8. A bass was painted on the head of
the bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into
the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object
which he showed me,
11. The insurance was invalid for the
invalid in his hospital bed.
12. There was a row among the
oarsmen about who would row.
13. They were too close to the door
to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when
the does (females) are present.
15. A seamstress and a sewer fell
down into a sewer line,
16. To help with planting, the farmer
taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind
the sail around the mast.
18. Upon seeing the tear in her
painting she shed a tear.
19,1 had to subject the subject to a
series of tests.
20. How can I intimate this to my
most intimate friend?
Heteronyms
These are brilliant. Homonyms
or homographs are words of like
spelling, but with more than one
meaning and sound.
When pronounced differently,
they are known as heteronyms.