The English language is the most widely used language throughout the world and as a result, many people are interested to learn this language for various purposes. Though this language might appear simple, however, various interesting facts are associated with this language, which might not be known by many. Let’s have a look at those facts.
In comparison to other letters, more words in the English language starts with the letter ‘S’.
The most commonly used letter in the English language is ‘E’. As a matter of fact, it is believed that one in every eight letters used in the English language is ‘E’.
The longest word in the English language is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ and it contains 45 letters. This is a lung disease that is caused as a result of inhaling ash and dust.
The shortest complete sentence in the English language is ‘I am’.
The only word in the English language that contains five consecutive vowels is ‘Queueing’.
The highest number of definitions recorded in the English dictionary is for the word ‘Set’.
A pangram sentence is the one that contains every letter in the English language. One example of a pangram sentence is ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’.
In a sentence, often certain words are used repeatedly, which adds any meaning or value to a sentence. Examples of such crutch words are – actually, basically, like, honestly.
The most commonly used noun in the English language is ‘time’.
The English language is the official language used in the air. It means, no matter, whichever is the country of the origin of pilots, they are required to speak in English on international flights.
The longest word in the English language that can be spelled without the repetition of any letter is ‘Uncopyrightable’.
Owing to a printing error a word was included in the English dictionary between 1932 and 1940, which did not have any meaning and therefore it is called a ‘ghost word’. The word is ‘Dord’.
There is something special about the following sentence. ‘He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas’. This sentence includes seven different spellings that make the sound ‘ee’.
The most mispronounced word in the English language is ‘Pronunciation’.
Approximately a new word is added to the English language in every two hours and almost 4000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year.
Initially, the word ‘girl’ is used to refer to a child or a young person irrespective of their gender.
All these fun facts associated with the English language make it more interesting. These facts are not included in any course, however, learning about new facts about a new language can make the entire learning process engaging and entertaining.
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