Strange Facts About English
There are at least two words in the English language that use all of the vowels, in the correct order, and end in the letter Y: abstemiously & facetiously
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There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
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Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number
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Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
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Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u
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No language has more synonyms than English
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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis.
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There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
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Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."
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Chosen from a sheet I've downloaded from ESL Printables site.
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There are at least two words in the English language that use all of the vowels, in the correct order, and end in the letter Y: abstemiously & facetiously
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There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
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Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number
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Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
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Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u
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No language has more synonyms than English
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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis.
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There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper
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Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."
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Chosen from a sheet I've downloaded from ESL Printables site.
