Why the english language is so hard to learn

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> 1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
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> 2. The farm was used to produce produce.
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> 3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
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> 4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
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> 5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
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> 6.. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
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> 7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.
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> 8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
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> 9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
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> 10. I did not object to the object.
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> 11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
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> 12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
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> 13. They were too close to the door to close it.
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> 14. The buck does certain things when does are present.
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> There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger, neither apple nor
> pine in
pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
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> We take English for granted. . . but if we explore its paradoxes, we
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that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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> If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth Beth?
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> One goose, two geese. So one moose, two meese?
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> Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?
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> If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of
> them,
what do you call it?
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> If teachers taught, why don't preachers praught?
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> If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
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thanks J-man...my fav "One goose, two geese. So one moose, two meese?"
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One I always liked...a little different subject

We park on the driveway
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...and of

course we drive on the parkway
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some fore fathers we had
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A shipment comes by car and cargo comes by a ship. Lol
 

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