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List of most-used words shows we've plenty of time
The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19560337-2703,00.html
LONDON: Time is the most commonly used noun in the English language, the publishers of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary have revealed.
The most popular word overall is the, followed by be, to, of, and, a, in, that, have and I.
On the list of the top 25 nouns, time is followed by other indicators of the movement of the clock: year is in third place, day is at No5 and week at No17. The compilers used the Oxford English Corpus - a research project into English in the 21st century - to come up with the lists.
Much of our time seems to be spent on our jobs, according to the compilers, who placed the word work at No16 on the nouns list. Money, however, features at a lowly 65, although problems is at 24 - with solution nowhere in sight. The words play and rest do not rate among the top nouns.
Among the nouns, the word person is at No2, with man at No7 and woman at 14. Child appears at No12. Government appears at No20 while war, at 49, trumps peace, which does not feature in the top 100.
The top 25 are: time, person, year, way, day, thing, man, world, life, hand, part, child, eye, woman, place, work, week, case, point, government, company, number, group, problem and fact.
AP
(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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cossie
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... but I'm not surprised that 'money' only comes in at number 65. We all call it plastic, nowadays, don't we!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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