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missing page info • paperback • first pub 1990 • 5 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780747554486
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...
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—
John Ayto
missing page info • paperback • 1990
ISBN/UID: 9780747554486
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings