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Why English Is One of the Most Difficult Languages to Learn…

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We polish Polish furniture.
He could lead if he got the lead out.
A farm can produce produce.
The dump was so full, it had to refuse refuse.

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2 responses to “Why English Is One of the Most Difficult Languages to Learn…”

  1. I have a book from my childhood, which contains the following writing. The puzzle is to punctuate it to give it meaning. “John where James had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher’s approval.”
    (It refers to comparing the writing of two students. “John, where James had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had the teacher’s approval.” It would, of course, be much clearer if one replaced a couple of “had”s with “written”s.)

  2. Written in the thirties, “The Education of Hyman Kaplan” presents a cast of “real characters” (notably Hyman) attending an adult ESL night class. The students are European newcomers, most arriving here just ahead of what would become the Holocaust/WWII. Humorous look at learning the English language, among many other things. Fun read on a cold winter’s night.