In 2010 people began to celebrate the English Language Day.
The day of William Shakespeare’s birthday became the date of the English language day.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564.
St.George Day is the national day of England and is celebrated on the 23rd of April.
The word “synonym” has no synonyms.
More people have learned English as their second language than native in the world.
Around 4 000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year.
The “ghost” words-words without meaning in the English language.
The average English speaker knows between
20 000 and 30 000 words.
For a normal day-to-day conversation, we use no more than
10 000
words.
To understand English and start speaking, you need only 800 words in English.
The longest English word is 45 letters long
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
“The” is the most used word in English.
The word “good”
has the most synonyms (380).
2010
William Shakespeare
1564
St.George Day
second language
4000 words
“ghost” words
20 000-30 000 words
10 000 words
800 words
45 letters
“the”
the word “good”
the word “synonym