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Phoenixfiras

Syrian Arab Republic

March 3, 2010

Why English is the hardest language to learn

Consider the following sentences,


1-The bandage was wound around the wound.

2-The farm was used to produce produce.

3-The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.

4-There is no time like the present, so he thought he
would present the present.

5-When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

6-He did not object to the object.

8-The oarsmen had a row about how to row.

9-he was too close to the door to close it.

10-A stag does strange things when the does are
present.

11-After a number of injections my jaw became
number.

12-The artist saw a tear in his painting and shed a
tear.

13-She had to subject the subject to a series of tests.


14-An army chef decided to desert his dessert in the
desert.

Also...

There are no eggs in an eggplant, no apple or pine in
pineapple.

Quicksand works slowly.

Boxing rings are square.

Guinea pigs are neither from Guinea or are pigs.

Writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce and hammers don't ham.

If a vegetarian eats veg, what does a humanitarian
eat?

A slim chance and a fat chance are similar.

So are quite a lot and quite a few.

But overlook and oversee are very different.

You fill in a form to fill it out.

An alarm goes off by going on.

When the stars are out, you see their light but when
the lights are out you see nothing.


 
Can you give an explanation?!
If you can't, see the next blog.

 

Prepared by

 

Mr. Firass Kaddour

English Teacher

Syrian Arab Republic

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