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> > > THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither
apple
or> > > pine in pineapple. An !hile no one "no!s !hat is in a hot#
og,
$ou
>%an
> > > be prett$ sure it isn&t %anine.
> > >
> > > English mu''ins !ere not in(ente in Englan nor )ren%h
'ries in
> > > )ran%e.
> > >
> > > S!eetmeats are %anies, !hile s!eetbreas, !hi%h aren&ts!eet,
are
> > > meat.
> > >
> > > *e ta"e English 'or grante. +ut i' !e eplore its
paraoes, !e
'in
> > > that -ui%"san %an !or" slo!l$, boing rings are s-uare,
an
guinea
> > > pig is neither 'rom Guinea nor is it a pig.> > >
> > > An !h$ is it that !riters !rite, but 'ingers on&t 'ing,
gro%ers
> > > on&t gro%e, an hammers on&t ham
> > >
> > > I' the plural o' tooth is teeth, !h$ isn&t the plural o'
booth,
>beeth
> > > /ne goose, 0 geese. So one moose, t!o meese Is %heese the
plural
o'
> > > %hoose /ne mouse, 0 mi%e. /ne louse, 0 li%e. /ne house, 0
hi%e
> > >
> > > I' tea%hers taught, !h$ in&t prea%hers praught
> > >
> > > I' a (egetarian eats (egetables, !hat oes a humanitarian
eat
> > >
> > > *h$ o people re%ite at a pla$, an pla$ at a re%ital Ship
b$
tru%"
> > > or %ar an sen %argo b$ ship Ha(e noses that run an 'eet
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that
> > > smell 1ar" on ri(e!a$s an ri(e on par"!a$s
> > >
> > > Ho! %an a slim %han%e an a 'at %han%e be the same, !hile a
!iseman
> > > an a !ise gu$ are opposites
> > >
> > > Ho! %an the !eather be hot as he%" one a$ an %ol as he%"
another
> > > *hen a house burns up, it burns o!n. 2ou 'ill in a 'orm b$
'illing
> > > it out an an alarm %lo%" goes o'' b$ going on. 2ou get in
an
out
>o'> > > a %ar, $et $ou get on an o'' a bus. *hen the stars are
out,
the$
>are
> > > (isible, but !hen the lights are out, the$ are in(isible.
> > >
> > > An !h$, !hen I !in up m$ !at%h, I start it, but !hen I
!in up
this
> > > essa$, I en it
> > >> > > English is a sill$ language ... it oesn&t "no! i' it is
%oming
or
> > > going333
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