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Why English Is So Hard

Heteronyms, homographs, and homophones: words that are spelled alike but have different pronunciations or meanings

• We must polish the Polish furniture.
  
• He could lead if he would get the lead out.
  
• The farm was used to produce produce.
  
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
  
• After dessert, the soldier decided to desert his post in the desert.
  
• No time like the present to present the present.
  
• A bass and a trout were painted on the head of the bass drum.
  
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
  
• I did not object to the object.
  
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
  
• The bandage was wound around the wound.
  
• 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.
  
• They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
  
• 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 my clothes 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?
  
• I live next to the stadium where bands play live. (thanks M. Durham)
  
• A minute is a minute part of a day. (Thanks M. Durham)
  
• The clothes were too close to the closet door to close it. (Thanks M. McKay)

• A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

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