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<font size=-1>EXAMPLES AS TO WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO
LEARN</font><font size=-1></font>
<p><font size=-1> 1) The bandage was wound around the wound.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 2) The farm was used to produce produce.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse
more refuse.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 4) We must polish the Polish furniture.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in
the desert.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 7) Since there is no time like the present, he
thought it was time to present the present.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass
drum.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 10) I did not object to the object.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how
to row.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 13) They were too close to the door to close it.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 14) The buck does funny things when the does are
present.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a
sewer line.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his
sow to sow.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed
a tear.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 20) I had to subject the subject to a series of
tests.</font>
<br><font size=-1> 21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate
friend?</font></html>