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Cromwell Argus, 2 March 1908, Page 3

BUT FEW WORDS NECESSARY i Everyday Conversation Requires Surprisingly Small Vocabulary— Child Put to Test. "The small number of words actually necessary for ordinary purposes in our everyday life is surprising, and nothing I illustrates this better than the limited ! vocabulary of a little child," Dr. M. I Harris said to the St. Louis Ulobe-Dem-I ocrat. "1 have a daughter six years old. I She ; ? able to makpall her wants known, Ito talk freely and easily. If an adult i knew Just the number of words in a j foreirn tongue that she knows in her | owr. he would be able to get along nlce- : ly in a conversational way with people who spoke nothing but that language. What the child's vocabulary comprises, how many words and of what classes, I recently made It my business to ascertain in £ series of investigations extending over a considerable period of time. 1 found that the total number of word! she knew and used was iust 362, omitting proper names, and that 54 per cent, cf these were nouns. 18 per cent, verbs and il per cent, adjectives, the remainder being made up of conjunction*, pr< positions and pronouns." The Purebred Clydesdale Stallion ranne'rman. Ny PRIDE'S FANCY -- FTiTtVSII Will travel the Tarras, Iliwca, Mi Darker, and Surrounding Districts This Season. BANNERMAN is a Beautiful light bay, four years old, of fine si;b->tmce, anu bred by the well-known Taieri breeder, Mr Kobfc. Gawn. For Pedigree, see card;-. Terms :—£2 at end of se i ;<jn an 3 12 wben mare proves in foal. Paddocks provided for marcs from dn inc3, at Is par wjok. All care taken but no responsibility. Full particulars can be obtain*] from WILLIAM SMITH, Proprietor, Luggate.