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