Shakespeares Language/Tips for reading Shakespeare The English language contains over ____________________ different words, but your

vocabulary is about ________________ different words (_____________________ if youre educated), and you get by on a daily basis with about 150 different words.

William Shakespeare had a vocabulary of over _________________ different words and invented over ________________ of the words and phrases that we still use today. Shakespeare created more than __________% of his written vocabulary. Did Shakespeare write in Old English?

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