For those who were wondering...
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Well the English language contains about 260000 words (give or take depending on definitions) so considering that DD doesn't intend to make them easy...
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The OED[^] says the number is between 200,000 and 750,000 depending on your definition! Needless to say, you have to know them all in order to be allowed to leave school and enter the workplace. :laugh:
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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The OED[^] says the number is between 200,000 and 750,000 depending on your definition! Needless to say, you have to know them all in order to be allowed to leave school and enter the workplace. :laugh:
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
OriginalGriff wrote:
The OED[^] says the number is between 200,000 and 750,000 depending on your definition!
Very strange and unscientific. While I admit I haven't read it, I would assume the OED includes the definition for word and hence could give a much more accurate number. :confused:
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First things first DD - my commiserations. Is it a Brit thing to use a dot/full stop to separate hours and minutes? If yes, is it standard in British English, or is it archaic usage? Even in India, it's always 5:00, never 5.00. The only place I remember seeing the dot is a couple of Miss Marple books. (I'm a Poirot guy myself!)
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Most Brits that I know/have come into contact with use the colon. I suspect the strain of the day finally caught up with DD.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
The OED[^] says the number is between 200,000 and 750,000 depending on your definition!
Very strange and unscientific. While I admit I haven't read it, I would assume the OED includes the definition for word and hence could give a much more accurate number. :confused:
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
While I admit I haven't read it
Oh you should. Excellent bedtime reading. Works far better than cocoa. :)
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OriginalGriff wrote:
The OED[^] says the number is between 200,000 and 750,000 depending on your definition!
Very strange and unscientific. While I admit I haven't read it, I would assume the OED includes the definition for word and hence could give a much more accurate number. :confused:
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It has to do with "Do you count each sense of a word as a separate word?" For example "correct" As a noun: To remove the errors or mistakes from. To indicate or mark the errors in. To punish for the purpose of improving or reforming. To remove, remedy, or counteract (a malfunction, for example). To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition: correct the wheel alignment on a car. As a verb: To make corrections. To make adjustments; compensate: correcting for the effects of air resistance. As an adjective: Free from error or fault; true or accurate. Conforming to standards; proper: correct behaviour. Are each of these separate words, despite being spelled the same? The difference can only be ascertained by context...
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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It has to do with "Do you count each sense of a word as a separate word?" For example "correct" As a noun: To remove the errors or mistakes from. To indicate or mark the errors in. To punish for the purpose of improving or reforming. To remove, remedy, or counteract (a malfunction, for example). To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition: correct the wheel alignment on a car. As a verb: To make corrections. To make adjustments; compensate: correcting for the effects of air resistance. As an adjective: Free from error or fault; true or accurate. Conforming to standards; proper: correct behaviour. Are each of these separate words, despite being spelled the same? The difference can only be ascertained by context...
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
Modesty and KISS should apply here: each lemma is one word. So count the words in bold and that's it. The way you suggest one word would be nine words and conventional math would no longer hold true. :)
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
While I admit I haven't read it
Oh you should. Excellent bedtime reading. Works far better than cocoa. :)
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Can't do that, it is too hot now. A chocolate fudge is in order. :)
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It could be an army thing: “five hundred hours”. :-D
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
While I admit I haven't read it
Oh you should. Excellent bedtime reading. Works far better than cocoa. :)
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'
The Zebra did it!
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Most Brits that I know/have come into contact with use the colon. I suspect the strain of the day finally caught up with DD.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'
