Homographs

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:<br />n<br />n1) The bandage was wound around the wound.<br />n2) The farm was used to produce produce.<br />n3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.<br />n4) We must polish the Polish furniture.<br />n5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.<br />n6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.<br />n7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.<br />n<img src="http://www.sarpysam.com/templates/default/img/emoticons/cool.png" alt="8-)" class="emoticon" /> Cool A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum<br />n9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.<br />n10) I did not object to the object.<br />n11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.<br />n12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.<br />n13) They were too close to the door to close it.<br />n14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.<br />n15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.<br />n16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.<br />n17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail<br />n18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.<br />n19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.<br />n20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests<br />n21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?<br />n<br />n<b>You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. Rowan Atkinson </b>