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 Re: Native words
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Originally Posted by lucyarliwu Quote: |
Originally Posted by michaelwilliams2 My daughter's homework assignment has a question that reads, "...there are ten little words in our English language that make up about one fifth of every one hundred word paragraph. These words are called native English words. List these ten little words:"
So far, she has: is, the, it, a, you, in
Which ones are we missing? | what about : no, he,or,to,us? | Very good! Both he and to are in the top ten. Only us (at #128) is not in the top hundred.
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