BandagedJess

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Mar 6th, 2020
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  1. "
  2. The bandage was wound around the wound.;
  3. They were too close to the door to close it.;
  4. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.;
  5. Laid is pronounced like paid, but not said. Said is pronounced like bread, but not bead. Bead is pronounced like lead, but not lead.;
  6. All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome on his life.;
  7. I need to read what I read again.;
  8. Excuse me, but there is no excuse for this.;
  9. Read and red are homonyms but read and red aren’t and read and reed are but read and reed aren’t.;
  10. Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.;
  11. Tear and tier are pronounced the same, but tear and tear are pronounced differently.;
  12. There is an unwritten rule that every English speaker knows. Adjectives absolutely must be in this order: opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife, but if you mess with that word order in the slightest you sound like a maniac.;
  13. The cotton clothing is usually made of grows in Mississippi. ;
  14. The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.;
  15. The old man the boat.;
  16. There is a drastic difference between a butt dial and a booty call.;
  17. The word queue is pronounced kyoo. You write down five letters and only pronounce the first.;
  18. The English language has a rule called the rule of ablaut reduplication. This pairs words with internal vowel alterations. If there are three words, it must go I, A, O. If there are two, it must go I and then A or O. So you can say tick-tock, clip-clop, and Big Bad Wolf. If you reverse those, you sound like a psychopath.;
  19. Someone should wind the toy plane up and throw it in the wind.;
  20. I am not content with this content.;
  21. ‘I never said she stole my money.’ The sentence has seven different meanings depending on which word is emphasized.;
  22. Rules to learning English: Their our know rules.;
  23. The words cough, rough, though, and through do not rhyme. Pony and bologna do though.;
  24. Do you ever think about the word can’t? When you say ‘Why can’t you get me some icecream?’ you’re really saying ‘Why can not you get me some icecream?’.;
  25. Do you ever think about the word don't? When you say ‘Don’t you dare.’ you’re really saying, ‘Do not you dare’.;
  26. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.;
  27. The soldier decided to desert his tasty dessert in the desert.;
  28. The dump was so full that the workers had to refuse more refuse.;
  29. When shot the dove dove into the bushes.;
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