Despite being the most widely spoken language in the world, English is also said to be one of the hardest languages to learn. With its root in Germanic languages, a hefty amount of Latin, an injection of French and some hints of Spanish, some English words or phrases may be easily recognisable, but there are so many complications in this idiosyncratic language that it´s far from easy to understand.

Take double meanings, for instance: ‘he was too close to the door to close it’; ‘they had to subject the subject to a series of tests’; ‘the bandage was wound around the wound’; ‘she didn´t object to the object’. Then there are words which sound the same but are spelt differently: ‘there, their, they´re’, ‘bear, bare’, ‘sew, so, sow’ and ‘here, hear’. The English language also contains a huge amount of words compared with other languages which is why, inevitably, there are so many different ways to say the same thing in English. Unlike many other languages, the pronunciation of words in English doesn´t always correspond with the spelling: ‘cough’, ‘drought’ and ‘draught’. There are also many exceptions to the rule so, just when you think you´ve got the hang of it, the rule changes: ‘one goose, many geese’ but ‘one moose, many moose’. Confused?

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