WORDS WE USE
The most complete English dictionary has 414,825 words. The “ average man. ” is said to use about _ 8,000 throughout the year. And'a dictionary “ adequate for ordinary conversation ”■ was compiled a few years ago with only 900.
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Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 2
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38WORDS WE USE Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 2
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