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The King’s English
The King’s English Anonymous I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.Beware of heard, a dreadful word,That looks like beard but sounds like bird.And dead: It’s said like bed, not bead —For goodness’ sake, don’t call it deed!Watch out for meat and great and threat…They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.A moth is not the moth in mother,Nor both in bother, nor broth in brother.And here is not a match for there,Nor dear and fear for bear and pear,And then there’s dose and rose and lose —Just look them up — and goose…
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Why you shouldn’t rely on spell check (round 2)
Eye halve a spelling checkerIt came with my pea seaIt plainly marques for my revueMiss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a wordAnd weight four it to sayWeather eye am wrong oar writeIt shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maidIt nose bee fore two longAnd eye can put the error riteIt’s rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw itEye am shore your pleased two noIt’s letter perfect awl the weighMy checker tolled me sew. Margo Roark, I salute you too.
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Why English is Hard to Learn
I found this on a number of websites and thought I’d share. If anyone knows who it’s originally by, please let me know. I’d love to give them credit. Why English is Hard to Learn 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.The soldier decided to desert in the desert.This was a good time to present the present.A bass was 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…