Time+Out

Amusing ESL handout
REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN Source: http://people.brandeis.edu/~burt/ideabook.html
 * 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.
 * 8) 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?