insurance: Language
 Why English is
 so hard to learn
 11. The insurance was invalid for the
 invalid in his hospital bed.
 12. There was a row among the
 oarsmen about who would row.
 13. They were too close to the door
 to close it.
 14. The buck does funny things when
 the does (females) 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 around the mast.
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 YOU think English
 is easy? Check out
 the following.
 1. The bandage
 was wound around
 the wound.
 2. The farm was cultivated to produce
 produce.
 3. The dump was so full that the
 workers had to refuse more refuse.
 4. We must polish the Polish furniture
 shown at the store.
 5. He could lead if he would get the
 lead out.
 6. The soldier decided to desert his
 tasty dessert in the desert.
 7. Since there is no time like the pres-
 ent, he thought it was time to present the
 present to his girlfriend.
 8.A bass was painted on the head of
 the bass drum.
 9.When shot at, the dove dove into
 the bushes.
 10.1 did not object to the object
 which he showed me.
 18. Upon seeing the tear in her
 painting she shed a tear.
 19.I had to subject the subject to a
 series of tests.
 20. How can I intimate this to my
 most intimate friend?
 Heteronyms
 These are brilliant. Homonyms
 or homographs are words of like
 spelling, but with more than one
 meaning and sound.
 When pronounced differently,
 they are known as heteronyms
English is thoroughly tough