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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Interesting item on English #105339 06/11/03 07:24 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland help persons studying foreign languages - On closer inspection, I have some doubts about the usefulness of learning words according to their statistical frequency. The most frequent words quoted above are merely the "glue" that holds together what you really want to say. Urgent communication - disregarding grammar - can often do without them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Interesting item on English JohnHawaii 06/11/03 01:28 AM Re: Interesting item on English alexis 06/11/03 01:38 AM Re: Interesting item on English wwh 06/11/03 02:22 AM Re: Interesting item on English wsieber 06/11/03 07:24 AM Re: Interesting item on English Wordwind 06/11/03 09:03 AM Re: Interesting item on English Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/03 09:35 AM Re: Interesting item on English Faldage 06/11/03 10:38 AM Re: Interesting item on English Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/03 12:31 PM Re: Interesting item on English tsuwm 06/11/03 12:36 PM Re: Interesting item on English Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/03 12:38 PM Re: Interesting item on English sjm 06/11/03 10:15 AM Re: Interesting item on English alexis 06/11/03 10:51 AM Re: Interesting item on English Jackie 06/30/03 07:03 PM Re: Interesting item on English JohnHawaii 07/01/03 01:40 AM Re: Interesting item on English wsieber 07/01/03 01:16 PM Re: Interesting item on English Jackie 07/01/03 06:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,363 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 529 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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