21 reasons why English can be tough to learn
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one of my favorites: secure and insecure are antonyms, but flammable and inflammable are synonyms. another: reckless means you're likely to have more wrecks.
Chris Losinger wrote:
one of my favorites: secure and insecure are antonyms, but flammable and inflammable are synonyms.
I like regardless and irregardless.
He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely, But thank you for your concern, Here's wishing you a Happy New Year." I wished him one back in return.
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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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If you think that's bad, try the English rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.That's part of the reason I have no interest in cricket, at all.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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If you think that's bad, try the English rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.That's part of the reason I have no interest in cricket, at all.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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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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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?
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick - Silverlight *.XCP files. Visit the Hindi forum here.
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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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Abhinav S wrote:
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
The dove DIVED into the bush. That is English. What you quoted was a bastardized version known as American English.
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If you think that's bad, try the English rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.That's part of the reason I have no interest in cricket, at all.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
+5 :thumbsup: :laugh:
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Time flies like an arrow. -- Depending on which word is emphasized, the sentence has 5 different meanings We drive on parkways, but park on driveways!
Phil
Fruit flies like a banana.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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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?
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick - Silverlight *.XCP files. Visit the Hindi forum here.
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If you think that's bad, try the English rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.That's part of the reason I have no interest in cricket, at all.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
try reading that fast, very fast :^) :sigh: :thumbsup:
Yusuf May I help you?
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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?
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick - Silverlight *.XCP files. Visit the Hindi forum here.
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Time flies like an arrow. -- Depending on which word is emphasized, the sentence has 5 different meanings We drive on parkways, but park on driveways!
Phil
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If you think that's bad, try the English rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.That's part of the reason I have no interest in cricket, at all.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.The default language for PRE tags should really be "text". Quotes work pretty well too:
OriginalGriff wrote:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
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If you think that's bad, try the English rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out
he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side
that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out,
and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out,
and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in,
including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.That's part of the reason I have no interest in cricket, at all.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
Fantastic set of rules! Hence George Bernard Shaw said "Cricket is a game that is played by 11 fools and watched by 11,000". This has been posted here on the Lounge before. I like watching cricket. :)
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Abhinav S wrote:
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
The dove DIVED into the bush. That is English. What you quoted was a bastardized version known as American English.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I am a Featherstonhaugh enough. (Featherstonehaugh pron. 'Fan Shore')
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Of course you can - I did! :laugh:
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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I think "more numb" is the correct way to indicate the level of numbness one has.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
I think "more numb" is the correct way to indicate the level of numbness one has.
It's always a terrible mistake to try to apply logic to human languages.
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one of my favorites: secure and insecure are antonyms, but flammable and inflammable are synonyms. another: reckless means you're likely to have more wrecks.
Chris Losinger wrote:
one of my favorites: secure and insecure are antonyms, but flammable and inflammable are synonyms came into use because too many Americans are too stupid to realise that the prefix "in" can have more than one meaning.
Fixt.
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