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    The document provides 10 facts about the English language. It notes that the shortest sentence is "I am"; the longest word is "pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis"; and a new word is added to the dictionary every two hours. It also discusses that English is the language of air and sea travel, is a linguistic salad incorporating words from many other languages, and allows combining words to create new definitions. The document closes by mentioning that the average English speaker knows 20,000-30,000 words out of about 1 million total, and that the letter "E" is the most commonly used while "Q" is the least.

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    The document provides 10 facts about the English language. It notes that the shortest sentence is "I am"; the longest word is "pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis"; and a new word is added to the dictionary every two hours. It also discusses that English is the language of air and sea travel, is a linguistic salad incorporating words from many other languages, and allows combining words to create new definitions. The document closes by mentioning that the average English speaker knows 20,000-30,000 words out of about 1 million total, and that the letter "E" is the most commonly used while "Q" is the least.

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    Curiosities About English!: Maybe You Know Them Maybe Not!

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    The document provides 10 facts about the English language. It notes that the shortest sentence is "I am"; the longest word is "pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis"; and a new word is added to the dictionary every two hours. It also discusses that English is the language of air and sea travel, is a linguistic salad incorporating words from many other languages, and allows combining words to create new definitions. The document closes by mentioning that the average English speaker knows 20,000-30,000 words out of about 1 million total, and that the letter "E" is the most commonly used while "Q" is the least.

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    CURIOSITIES ABOUT

    ENGLISH!
    Maybe you know them…
    Maybe not!
    #1: The shortest sentence is…

    “I am.”
    It has a Subject “I”
    and a verb “Am”.
    It doesn’t need complement.
    #2: The Longest word is…

    “Pneumonoultramicroscopic-
    silicovolcanoconiosis.”

    It is a lung disease.

    Don’t inhale ashes


    and dust!!
    #3: New vocabulary…
      A new word is added to the
    dictionary every two hours!

    Don’t stop learning,

    Be innovative…

    Be CREATIVE!!
    #4: Speak it in the Sky or on Water…
      English is the Language of the Air
    and Sea!!
    ALL pilots and sailors have to speak in
    English!

    What are you waiting for?


    #5: English is a Language Salad…
    Most English words come from
    other languages! P ap
    ara
    ll et zz
    i
    Ba
    Ge
    nr
    e o ke
    ara
    K

    rten
    rg a Pi
    d e ña
    n
    Ki ta
    Patio lt z
    Wa
    #6: There’s a word for that…
    English is so free that you can
    combine words for a specific
    definition.
    Mouse Potato
    Octothorpe

    Cute Aggression Biblioklept

    Couch Potato Discombobulate

    Obelus Hangry
    #7: The More You Know…
     There are currently about anestimated 
    one million words in the English language…

    But…
    The average English speaker
    only knows between…
    20,000 and 30,000 words.
    #8: Even in your Cereal…
      The most commonly used letter in
    English is “E.”

    And the least common


    is the “Q”.

    “E” is 56 times more common!


    #9: Gotta Have’em All…
    A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter
    from the alphabet.
    A famous English pangram is:

    “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”


    #10: Fiction is Real…
    Those who read fiction have a larger
    vocabulary than those who do not.

    Fiction usually contains


    a wider range of
    vocabulary than
    nonfiction.
    THANKS FOR YOU ATTENTION!

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