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English ........ Pronunciation can change the meaning of a word !! IT IS IMPORTANT
Think about the following !

1. I did not object to the object.

2. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

3. The farm was used to produce produce.

4. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

5. The bandage was wound round the wound.

6. He thought it was time to present the present.

7. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

8. The buck does funny things when the does are around.

And also think about the following !!

If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

An alarm goes off by going on!

A nose can run

Your house can burn up as it burns down!

If you have a lot of “odds and ends” and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call the last one that is left??...... Is it an odd, or an end??

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth?

If you say one goose, two geese, why isn’t it one moose two meese?

A pineapple doesn’t contain any apple or pine!

Quicksand works slowly ........ and boxing rings are square, logical??

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