The English language is full of configurations. And confusing ones too. It may seem easy to learn, but here are some thoughts that will make you wonder just how it would be possible to master the language. Check it out:

1) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

2) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

3) The bandage was wound around the wound.

4) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

5) The farm was used to produce produce.

6) I did not object to the object.

7) We must polish the Polish furniture..

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

9) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..

10) They were too close to the door to close it.

11) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

12) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

13) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

14) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

15) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

16) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..

17) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

18) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

19) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Here are some other questions to ponder:

21) In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?  

22) In what other language do people play at a recital and recite at a play? 

23) Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall?  

24) Why is it that when we transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when we transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

25) Why does a man get a hernia and a woman a hysterectomy?

26) Why do we pack suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?   

27) Why do privates eat in the general mess and generals eat in the private mess?

28) Why do we call it newsprint when it contains no printing but when we put print on it, we call it a newspaper?

29) Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists? 

30) Why -- in our crazy language -- can your nose run and your feet smell?

That's right folks. English IS hard.