This is for those on the list who are into linguistics.
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> No wonder the English language is so very difficult to learn:
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> § We polish the Polish furniture.
> § He could lead if he would get the lead out.
> § A farm can produce produce.
> § The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
> § The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
> § The present is a good time to present the present.
> § At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
> § The dove dove into the bushes.
> § I did not object to the object.
> § The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
> § The bandage was wound around the wound.
> § There was a row among the row of 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.
> § They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the 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 Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
> § I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
> § I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
> § How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
> § I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
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