[FONT="] Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn[FONT="]
1. The band[/FONT][FONT="]age was wound around the wound.[/FONT][FONT="]
2. The fa[/FONT][FONT="]rm was used to produce produce.[/FONT][FONT="]
3. The dump was so full tha[/FONT][FONT="]t it had to refuse more refuse.[/FONT][FONT="]
4. We mu[/FONT][FONT="]st polish the Polish furniture.[/FONT][FONT="]
5. He could lea[/FONT][FONT="]d if he would get the lead out.[/FONT][FONT="]
6. The soldier decided to de[/FONT][FONT="]sert his dessert in the desert.[/FONT][FONT="]
7. Since there is no time like the pre[/FONT][FONT="]sent, he thought it was time to
present the present.[/FONT][FONT="]
8. A bass was painte[/FONT][FONT="]d on the head of the bass drum.[/FONT][FONT="]
9. When shot at,[/FONT][FONT="] the dove dove into the bushes.[/FONT][FONT="]
10. [/FONT][FONT="]I did not object to the object.[/FONT][FONT="]
11. The insuran[/FONT][FONT="]ce was invalid for the invalid.[/FONT][FONT="]
12. There was a row amon[/FONT][FONT="]g the oarsmen about how to row.[/FONT][FONT="]
13. They were too c[/FONT][FONT="]lose to the door to close it.[/FONT][FONT="]
14. The buck does funny th[/FONT][FONT="]ings when the does are present.[/FONT][FONT="]
15. A seamstress and a sew[/FONT][FONT="]er fell down into a sewer line.[/FONT][FONT="]
16. To help with planting, th[/FONT][FONT="]e farmer taught his sow to sow.[/FONT][FONT="]
17. The wind w[/FONT][FONT="]as too strong to wind the sail.[/FONT][FONT="]
18. After a number of injections my jaw got n[/FONT][FONT="]umber.[/FONT][FONT="]
19. Upon seeing the tear[/FONT][FONT="] in the painting I shed a tear.[/FONT][FONT="]
20. I had to subject th[/FONT][FONT="]e subject to a series of tests.[/FONT][FONT="]
21. How can I intimate t[/FONT][FONT="]his to my most intimate friend?[/FONT][FONT="]
22. Do you know which witch was which?
Let's face it--English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
We take English for granted. But i[/FONT][FONT="]f we explore its paradoxes, we [/FONT][FONT="]find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither[/FONT][FONT="]from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fi[/FONT][FONT="]ngers don't fing, grocers don't [/FONT][FONT="]groce, and hammers don't ham. If the plural of[/FONT][FONT="] tooth is teeth, why [/FONT][FONT="]isn't the[/FONT][FONT="]plural of b[/FONT][FONT="]ooth beeth? [/FONT][FONT="]One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make am[/FONT][FONT="]ends but not one amend? If [/FONT][FONT="]you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preacher[/FONT][FONT="]s praught? If a vegetarian eats [/FONT][FONT="]vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers sh[/FONT][FONT="]ould be committed to an [/FONT][FONT="]asylum for the verbally insane.
In what language do people recite at a play and play [/FONT][FONT="]at a recital? [/FONT][FONT="]Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in whi[/FONT][FONT="]ch your [/FONT][FONT="]house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not[/FONT][FONT="] computers, and it reflects the [/FONT][FONT="]creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visi[/FONT][FONT="]ble, but when the [/FONT][FONT="]lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it? English is a silly language — it doesn't know if it is coming or going.
PS. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick?[/FONT][/FONT]
1. The band[/FONT][FONT="]age was wound around the wound.[/FONT][FONT="]
2. The fa[/FONT][FONT="]rm was used to produce produce.[/FONT][FONT="]
3. The dump was so full tha[/FONT][FONT="]t it had to refuse more refuse.[/FONT][FONT="]
4. We mu[/FONT][FONT="]st polish the Polish furniture.[/FONT][FONT="]
5. He could lea[/FONT][FONT="]d if he would get the lead out.[/FONT][FONT="]
6. The soldier decided to de[/FONT][FONT="]sert his dessert in the desert.[/FONT][FONT="]
7. Since there is no time like the pre[/FONT][FONT="]sent, he thought it was time to
present the present.[/FONT][FONT="]
8. A bass was painte[/FONT][FONT="]d on the head of the bass drum.[/FONT][FONT="]
9. When shot at,[/FONT][FONT="] the dove dove into the bushes.[/FONT][FONT="]
10. [/FONT][FONT="]I did not object to the object.[/FONT][FONT="]
11. The insuran[/FONT][FONT="]ce was invalid for the invalid.[/FONT][FONT="]
12. There was a row amon[/FONT][FONT="]g the oarsmen about how to row.[/FONT][FONT="]
13. They were too c[/FONT][FONT="]lose to the door to close it.[/FONT][FONT="]
14. The buck does funny th[/FONT][FONT="]ings when the does are present.[/FONT][FONT="]
15. A seamstress and a sew[/FONT][FONT="]er fell down into a sewer line.[/FONT][FONT="]
16. To help with planting, th[/FONT][FONT="]e farmer taught his sow to sow.[/FONT][FONT="]
17. The wind w[/FONT][FONT="]as too strong to wind the sail.[/FONT][FONT="]
18. After a number of injections my jaw got n[/FONT][FONT="]umber.[/FONT][FONT="]
19. Upon seeing the tear[/FONT][FONT="] in the painting I shed a tear.[/FONT][FONT="]
20. I had to subject th[/FONT][FONT="]e subject to a series of tests.[/FONT][FONT="]
21. How can I intimate t[/FONT][FONT="]his to my most intimate friend?[/FONT][FONT="]
22. Do you know which witch was which?
Let's face it--English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
We take English for granted. But i[/FONT][FONT="]f we explore its paradoxes, we [/FONT][FONT="]find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither[/FONT][FONT="]from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fi[/FONT][FONT="]ngers don't fing, grocers don't [/FONT][FONT="]groce, and hammers don't ham. If the plural of[/FONT][FONT="] tooth is teeth, why [/FONT][FONT="]isn't the[/FONT][FONT="]plural of b[/FONT][FONT="]ooth beeth? [/FONT][FONT="]One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make am[/FONT][FONT="]ends but not one amend? If [/FONT][FONT="]you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preacher[/FONT][FONT="]s praught? If a vegetarian eats [/FONT][FONT="]vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers sh[/FONT][FONT="]ould be committed to an [/FONT][FONT="]asylum for the verbally insane.
In what language do people recite at a play and play [/FONT][FONT="]at a recital? [/FONT][FONT="]Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in whi[/FONT][FONT="]ch your [/FONT][FONT="]house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not[/FONT][FONT="] computers, and it reflects the [/FONT][FONT="]creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visi[/FONT][FONT="]ble, but when the [/FONT][FONT="]lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it? English is a silly language — it doesn't know if it is coming or going.
PS. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick?[/FONT][/FONT]
