Why English is a Pain to Learn

[mystery girl]

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
  
• The farm was used to produce produce.
  
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
  
• He could lead if he would get the lead out.
  
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
  
• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
  
• A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
  
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
  
• A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
  
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
  
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  
• They were too close to the door to close it.
  
• The buck does funny things when the does are present.
  
• To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
  
• The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
  
• After a number of injections my jaw got number.
  
• Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
  
• I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
  
• How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?