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  2. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    Another English corpus that has been used to study word frequency is the Brown Corpus, which was compiled by researchers at Brown University in the 1960s. The researchers published their analysis of the Brown Corpus in 1967. Their findings were similar, but not identical, to the findings of the OEC analysis.

  3. Human overpopulation - Wikipedia

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    Annual world population growth peaked at 2.1% in 1968 and has since dropped to 1.1%. [1] According to the most recent United Nations' projections, the global human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and would peak at around 10.4 billion people in the 2080s, before decreasing, noting that fertility rates are falling worldwide.

  4. Frequentative - Wikipedia

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    The simplest way to produce a frequentative is reduplication, either of the entire word or of one of its phonemes. This is common in Austronesian languages such as Niuean , although reduplication also serves to pluralize and intensify nouns and adjectives.

  5. How frequently are people saying 'please'? Not very often ...

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach ... to saying “please” might be the more polite thing to do. People say please fewer than 1 in 10 times when they ask for something ... women would say please ...

  6. Voices: The hidden message in Lilly Jay’s essay about Ethan ...

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    It’s the way we’re inclined to compete against the female colleague with the same job as ours. Or how we can’t help but hate-slash-obsess over all of our partner’s female exes and compare ...

  7. 10 Genius Phrases To Use Instead of 'I'm Busy,' According to ...

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    The One Time It's Best To Say "I'm Busy" All of the above responses are great swaps for "I'm busy," but Dr. Cooper says there's one time when the phrase is the best one to go with.

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be ...

  9. Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of ...

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    Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. is a short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin. [1] It was circulated by Franklin in manuscript to his circle of friends, but in 1755 it was published as an addendum in a Boston pamphlet on another subject. [2]