Shakespeare, who had the richest vocabulary used by any Englishman, employed only 10.000 words. The average man rarely has a vocabulary of more than ."1000 or 4000 words. The ordinary person can get along very comfortably with 500 words, and in the rural districts a knowledge of 200 words is sufficient to carry a man through his life. This, of course, relates to the needs of conversation. If a man wants to read newspapers and well-written books he must know at least 2000 words.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 11
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