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The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, and about a seventh verbs; the rest is made up of exclamations, conjunctions, prepositions, suffixes, etc. And these figures don't take account of entries with senses for different word classes (such as noun and adjective).
This suggests that there are, at the very least, a quarter of a million distinct English words, excluding inflections, and words from technical and regional vocabulary not covered by the OED, or words not yet added to the published dictionary, of which perhaps 20 per cent are no longer in current use. If distinct senses were counted, the total would probably approach three quarters of a million.
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What is another word for "she" in the English language?
Another word for "she" in the English language is "her."
What is the word 'banana' when translated from English to Japanese?
The answer is "banana." They have taken the word into their language the same way English has taken many words into it's language.
How do you put the word proverbs in a sentence?
There are many in the English language.
How many syllables does the second longest word in English language have?
Floccinaucinihilipilification with 12 syllables.
What kind of language does English belong to word order or inflectional one?
The English language belongs uses word order and inflectional. Many of the words that are in the English language derive from French, with minor differences on the end (inflectional).
What word can you use to replace them?
You can use the word "they" as a replacement for "them" in many cases in English language.
Is boosjy a word?
No, the word, boosjy, is not a word in the English language. Any word that is in the English language can be found in the dictionary.
Is nelela an adjective?
"Nelela" is not a word in the English language and resembles no word in the English language.
Is Baseball an English or american word?
English is the language that many people speak. The differences in English are the different regions where it is spoken. Therefore, baseball is an english word.
How did the word umbrella end up being used in the English language?
It comes from the Latin word for shadow: Umbra. Many words in the English language come from a Latin source.
What language is autumn?
It's an English word derived from the French word Automne
Is English a pronoun?
No, the word 'English' is a noun, a word for a language, and an adjective, a word that describes a noun as relating to England, or its language or culture . Example:noun: I learned to speak English as a child.adjective: I had an English nanny.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. The pronoun that takes the place of the noun 'English' is 'it'. Example:English is an international language. It is spoken with many variations around the world.
