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John Ayto
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ISBN/UID: 9780747554486
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Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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
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ISBN/UID: 9780747554486
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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...