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I think these numbers are way off. I read an article on lexicography years ago. The numbers in that article were:
Vocabulary of average high school student: 8,000
...of average college graduate: 12,000
...of average person with advanced degrees: 25,000
...of average lexicographer: 100,000
And the English language at the time was supposed to have included 600,000 words, but I've read since then that it had grown to 800,000 +
Again, I think these numbers are way off in the Newsweek report.
My two cents,
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