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The English Language is Insane!
By Rixfarmgirl
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Why English can drive people to drink. I have used this for years in class. That's one reason I have a minor in Math...they can't change the rules or the exceptions on you....THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS IN MATH!!!! IT seemed to balance the insanity of English rules that are always broken. This is all over the internet in various forms, so who knows who originated it. This particular one came from girlandpup.com. This is exactly why I would not want to teach Dyslexic's English.

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full 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 was 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 on how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when 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?"
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