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Cliff Hilbert
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:07 pm • # 1 |
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Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym.* *You think English is easy??* *I think a retired English teacher was bored...THIS IS GREAT !* 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*.
:sunglasses: 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?homographs
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JimRed
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:37 pm • # 2 |
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linecaster
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:42 pm • # 3 |
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Cliff I did not realize that you were so clever, humm, still waters run deep. As Jim said very nice "read" that I just "read". Thanks Cliff.
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Cliff Hilbert
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:29 pm • # 4 |
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I'm so clever that I copied and pasted it from somewhere else.
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wheezeburnt
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:22 pm • # 5 |
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See, now I thought one of the conditions of your parole was no access to computers. brent
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Cliff Hilbert
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:23 pm • # 6 |
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Nope, I just have to wear an ankle bracelet.
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wheezeburnt
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:14 am • # 7 |
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Come on, you were gonna do that already! This one's just heavier, and doesn't match any of your piercings.
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Cliff Hilbert
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:50 pm • # 8 |
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I asked them to give me one that would match my jade earrings and nose and tongue piercings but they told me I was crazy. Heck, I already knew I was crazy, I didn't need them to tell me that.
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wheezeburnt
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:27 pm • # 9 |
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