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Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

Pronounce 'ough' in the sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.


In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Boxing rings are square.
Writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham.
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship.
Noses run and feet smell.
Park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
Slim chance and a fat chance are the same while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites.
Fill in a form by filling it out.
An alarm goes off by going on.
When stars are out they're visible but when lights are out they're not.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

The homonyms/homographs/homophones....

The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?



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