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To: bentfeather

You Think English is Easy???
Can you read these right the first time?

1 ) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2 ) The farm was used to produce produce.
3 ) The dump was so full that 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 is 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 about how to row .
13 ) They were too close to the door to close it.
14 ) The buck does funny things when the 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 ) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I 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?


40 posted on 03/07/2006 11:31:41 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

Tricky, tricky test. I did pretty well on it.


87 posted on 03/08/2006 4:32:10 PM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.)
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