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OP this topic has come up here at least once before (see ancien regime); but that pointed to words such as: and, the, you, and so on. but what about the most common Nouns?
before you read on, take a shot at this, or at least try to think of some categories.
according to the (probably dated) American Heritage Word Frequency Book the five most common nouns in English are: time, people, way, water, and words. a couple of observations: time, people and words ring true -- I don't get the same feeling with water and certainly no way; and what's surprising is that these are in the main such abstract terms.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted word frequency tsuwm 02/05/05 02:46 AM Re: word frequency Wordwind 02/05/05 04:46 PM Re: word frequency themilum 02/05/05 06:07 PM no way tsuwm 02/05/05 06:54 PM Re: word frequency TEd Remington 02/05/05 05:31 PM
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