 vocabulary
I have often heard that Winston Churchill had a vocabulary running to some 60,000 words. Is that true? How many words are there in the English language? How many words does an ordinary person know and use?
How many words does an educated person know and use? How many words have we got to learn to express ourselves fluently in the English language? Is it worthwhile learning slang and informal expressions used in films and novels? What kind of words do we have to focus on when we are building up our vocabulary?
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