Why the English language is so hard to learn.

[mudslinger]

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) 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.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

[takncarabizniz]

Agreed...
 
And that is why our standards for becoming Americans should be upheld...because we want to remain as unique as our language...
 
Those who can master the language can go far...
 
I regularly spend time w/ several of the guys on our crew who are not from this country...they ask a lot of questions about using English, clarifications, pronunciations.  They are confused by our language, but that's what makes it so special.
 
 
I think in another life, I must have been a teacher...

[emilyB]

What a good example.....................us English speaking people must be brilliant!