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Student's worst exuse for not turning in a homework: I couldn't find anyone to copy it from.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

I told the doctor I broke a leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.

 


Some Facts about English

 

  • Modern English has the largest vocabulary in the world - more than 600,000 words.
  • There are about 60,000 words in common use.
  • About 450-500 words are added to the English vocabulary every year.
  • 70% of the English vocabulary are loan words and only 30 % are native.
  • The most frequently used word in conversations is I.
  • The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultamicposcopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a lung desease), with 45 letters.
  • The commonest letter is 'e'. More words begin with the letter 's' than any other.
  • The commonest English name is Smith. There are about 800,000 people called Smith in England and Wales and about 1,700,000 in the USA.
  • 80% of all information in world computers is in English.
  • More than 60% of all scientific journals are written in English.


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