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+English originated in Anglo-Saxo
+See also [[Language and etymology]]
 == English word origin ==
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-[[Image:Old norse, ca 900.svg|right|250px|thumb|
+== The most common words in English==
-The approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century:<br>
+#the
-<span style="color:#fff; background:#ff0000>Old West Norse dialect</span><br>
+#be
-<span style="color:#fff; background:#ff9933>Old East Norse dialect</span><br>
+#to
-<span style="color:#fff; background:#ff00ff>Old Gutnish dialect</span><br>
+#and
-<span style="background:#ffff00>Old English</span><br>
+#a
-<span style="color:#fff; background:#0000ff>Crimean Gothic</span><br>
+#in
-<span style="color:#fff; #00ff00>Other Germanic languages with which Old Norse still retained some mutual intelligibility</span>]]
+#that
+#have
+#I
+#it
+*from: [[wikipedia:Most_common_words_in_English|Most common words in English - Wikipedia]]
-== English vocabulary ==
+=== notes & statistics ===
+*of the top 20 most common words, 7 are <u>prepositions</u>
+*the top 200 words constitute 50-60% of words used commonly used
+**see: [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/546759/is-there-a-frequency-of-the-use-of-different-parts-of-speech-in-english Is there a frequency of the use of different parts of speech in English? - Stack Exchange]
+== English synonymous & part of speech word use ==
+*the English language has a huge number of words that have multiple definitions
+*other languages may be more explicit with distinct words that English will cover with a single word.
+*for example:
+== English words & parts of speech distribution ==
 * English contains about 600,000 words
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 *** [https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/language-most-words Which Language Has The Most Words? (babbel.com)]
 *** [[wikipedia:List_of_dictionaries_by_number_of_words|List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia]]
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-!Determiners
-!Nouns
-!Prepositions
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-!Verbs
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+=== Parts of Speech frequency as percent of all words ===
+=== parts of speech as percentage of all words ===
+* in general, English consists of
+** Adjectives: 25%
+** Nouns: 50%
+** Verbs: 7%
+*** see: [https://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/oed.html#:~:text=Subtracting%20the%20archaic%20words%20leaves%20us%20with%20about,made%20up%20of%20interjections%2C%20conjunctions%2C%20prepositions%2C%20suffixes%2C%20etc. How Many Words are in the Oxford English Dictionary? * alphaDictionary]
+=== parts of speech as percentage of word usage, conversational v. formal/academic: ===
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 |+English Language Percent Frequency of Use of Parts of Speech