Monday, August 27, 2018

And you thought English was easy!

Consider these.

  1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
  2. The farm was used to produce produce.
  3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
  4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
  5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
  6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert...
  7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
  8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
  9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object.
11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

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Heard this news that the state of Maharashtra was at risk of Kerala-like floods because it has 3,200 dams. What was not highlighted was the fact that Kerala had to suffer the ignominy because there was a total mismanagement of the opening of the dams' shutters and sluice valves. Many of the dams were opened during night time giving hardly any time for the affected people to evacuate.



Tailpiece.

There has been a steady flow of money after the chief minister's request of every Malayalee, the world over, to contribute one month's salary towards the rebuilding of a 'new' Kerala. Based on the tremendous response, it's, now, important to set up a dedicated committee to account for the money and regulate its expenditure, for relief measures, in a transparent manner.

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