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20 Cool facts about English

  1. The most common letter in English is "e".
     
  2. The most common vowel in English is "e", followed by "a".
     
  3. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
     
  4. Every syllable in English must have a vowel (sound). Not all syllables have consonants. 
     
  5. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
     

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7 Words We All Overuse

There are over 250,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary. Some of them are new and some of them are old. Despite this seemingly endless amount of words, many people continue to use the same handful of adjectives to describe their newly bought gadget or their best friend’s baby shower announcement. Anyway, here are the following:

1. AMAZING

It’s commonly used to describe everything in most talent show acts. It's considered as the porridge in the adjective world, not too sophisticated but not too ordinary.

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It's time for your English Pronunciation Practice!

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90% Of People Can't Pronounce This Whole Poem. You Have To Try It.

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labor to reading six lines aloud.

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Monday: Idioms and Expressions

 

Ahhh the joys of Monday morning. For many of us it means a combination of waking up early, commuting to work, taking that first coffee of the day, meeting with our boss, switching on the PC, and start working. Anyway, did you know that there are several idioms and expressions using the word "Monday"? Here are the following:

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Unusual Origins of Common Idioms

For someone trying to learn a language, idioms are perhaps the most devilish concept imaginable. Idioms are “forms of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people intended to complicate the comprehension of everyday speech.” Just kidding! But yeah, it does sometimes. Anyway, here's a video about idioms and their unusual origins.

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