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| September 2001 |
| A Word from the Editor English is such a complicated language! Imagine, there are words that are spelt in the same way but are pronounced differently and have different meanings. There are some examples below. Check them out with the phonetic symbols in your dictionary or ask your English language teacher how to pronounce these words. Have you come across other such words? What you could do is to jot all their meanings down and then make sentences of your own with them. Get your teacher to check them out again. In that way, you will know whether you have used the words correctly or not. |
| Reasons why the English language is hard to learn The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. We must polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if he could let the lead out. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 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. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. I did not object to the object. The insurance was invalid for the invalid. There was a row among the 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. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. The wind was too strong too wind the sail. After a number of injections, my jaw got number. Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? |
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