Topic: a few small sentences to show how english can be hard to rea
josehon's photo
Sat 05/26/07 09:47 PM
Twenty-one reasons why English is hard to learn.

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?

Oceans5555's photo
Sat 05/26/07 09:51 PM
That's so BAD!

Oceans

jp4023's photo
Sat 05/26/07 09:51 PM
laugh oh so how very true

josehon's photo
Sat 05/26/07 09:52 PM
i had to read most of them more than once to get them right noway

katrina_4888's photo
Sat 05/26/07 09:56 PM
omg. i've seen this before, but i love it. that is so true about english
being difficult. noway

Belushi's photo
Sat 05/26/07 10:46 PM
I love the english language and its nuances ... try this one ..

This is a complete, correct statement ... just needs punctuation

Ann while Bob had had had had had had had had had had had a better
effect on the teacher.



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Okay, here's the answer to the puzzle. I'm going to give both the
correct punctuation and a little explanation. (Believe me, it needs
it!!):

Ann, while Bob had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had a
better effect on the teacher.

It has to do with grammar. "Had had" is the past participle (I believe)
and Bob had [written] the wrong answer on his HW assignment (or
whatever), which was "had". Ann had [written] the correct answer, which
was "had had". Thus, While Bob had had "had" [on his paper], Ann had had
"had had" on her paper. The fact that Ann had "had had" on her paper
made the teacher happy.

katrina_4888's photo
Sat 05/26/07 11:15 PM
nice! the had had thing was actually an extra credit question in one of
my classes last year. lol. i was soooo confused for a while. haha.

korangen's photo
Sun 05/27/07 01:21 AM
had had whoa!!

I'll have to READ it again, might have missed stuff when I READ it last
time.

no photo
Mon 05/28/07 08:58 AM
I'm embarrassed to admit that I understood the "had had" comment.

ericriddle64's photo
Wed 05/30/07 05:36 PM
Here's something else that's a little strange. Don't think about this or
try to desyfer it, just read it.

If you laeve the frist and lsat lteters aolne, you can raed any snetnece
elasiy eevn thuogh the mdidle ltetres are all fckued up.

Redangel0625's photo
Fri 06/01/07 07:39 PM
I got confused somewhere around 4, and the first "had had"... I was a
math kid...

somedude2007's photo
Sat 06/02/07 12:32 AM
that`s goodsmokin drinker