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Challenges of Learning English

English has many irregularities and inconsistencies in spelling and pronunciation that make it difficult to learn. Homophones and homographs abound, with words like bass, wound, present, and close having multiple meanings depending on context. Sentences use these tricky words in ways that highlight the absurdity and confusion they can cause for English language learners.

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Challenges of Learning English

English has many irregularities and inconsistencies in spelling and pronunciation that make it difficult to learn. Homophones and homographs abound, with words like bass, wound, present, and close having multiple meanings depending on context. Sentences use these tricky words in ways that highlight the absurdity and confusion they can cause for English language learners.

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Why English is so Hard to Learn

Why English is so Hard to Learn

A seamstress and a sewer


fell down into a sewer line.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

After a number of
Novocaine injections, my
jaw got number.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

At the Army base, a bass


was painted on the head of
a bass drum.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

He could lead if he would


get the lead out.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

I did not object to the


object being moved.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

I had to subject the subject


to a series of tests.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

I shed a tear when I saw


the tear in my clothes.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

Since there is no time like


the present, he thought it
was time to present the
present.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

The bandage was wound


around the wound.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

The buck does funny


things when the does are
present.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

The farm was used to


produce produce.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

The soldier decided to


desert his dessert in the
desert.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

They were too close to the


door to close it.
Why English is so Hard to Learn

When shot at, the dove


dove into the bushes.

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