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Answer the following questions based on this extract of a poem. The English Language Some words have different meanings, and yet they’re spelt the same. A cricket is an insect, to play it –– it’s a game. On every hand, in every land, it’s thoroughly agreed, the English language to explain, is very hard indeed. Some people say that you’re a dear, yet dear is far from cheap. A jumper is a thing you wear, yet a jumper has to leap. It’s very clear, it’s very queer, and pray who is to blame for different meanings to some words pronounced and spelt the same? A little journey is a trip, a trip is when you fall. It doesn’t mean you have to dance whene’er you hold a ball.

Why English is difficult according to poet?

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The pronunciation is different.

The words are difficult.

It is difficult in every land.

It has different meaning to some words when pronounced and spelt the same.

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