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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: List of common words
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 12:00:52 +0000
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- Anthony Bayer mailed this to me because he thought it was me who
- asked for it originally. It wasn't, and we've forgotten who it
- was who raised the subject, but we do remember it was on alt.usage.english
- so I'll post it here for whoever's interested. (Anthony can't post
- directly, though I forgot to mention to him that he *could* post by
- mailing to alt-usage-english@ucbvax.berkeley.edu !)
- ---
- :From ajrbayer%deepthnk%deepserv%kiwi.gen.nz@ccvcom.aukuni.ac.nz Sat Jan 23 10:52:56 1993
- :Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 13:05:54 NZ
- :From: "Anthony J.R. Bayer" <ajrbayer@deepthnk.kiwi.gen.nz>
- :Subject: Re: Need Help finding common words
- :To: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk
- :Organization: Deep Thought BBS, New Zealand
- :Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
-
- :In reply to your request dated 19 January 1993 regarding the 500 to 1000 most
- :common words in English, I can give you the following list of 250 words. They
- :are taken from a study done by McNally and Murray in 1962, but as I only have
- :a photocopy of this one page, I can't be more precise about the work.
-
- :The words are laid out in a chart of 5 groups, with group 1 being the most
- :common, and group 5 the least common of what the authors consider to be the 20
- :000 words in an average vocabulary. Each group also occupies an area of the
- :chart in proportion to frequency of use, and within each group, words are
- :arranged almost alphabetically. Hope this is useful.
-
- :G1
- :a and he I in is it of that the to was
-
- :G2
- :all are as at be but are for had have him his not on one said so they we with you
-
- :G3
- :about an back been before big by call came can come could did do down first
- :from get go has her here if into just like little look made make me more much
- :must my no new now off only or our other out over right see she some their
- :them then there this two when up want well went were what where which who will
- :your old
-
- :G4
- :after again always am ask another any away bad because best bird black blue
- :boy bring day dog don't eat every fast father fell find five fly four found
- :gave girl give going good got green hand head help home house how jump keep
- :know last left let live long man many may men mother me never next once open
- :own play put ran read red room round run sat saw say school should sing sit
- :soon stop take tell than these thing think three time too tree under us very
- :walk white why wish work woman would yes year bus apple baby bag ball bed
- :book box car cat children cow cup dinner doll door egg end farm fish fun hat
- :hill horse jam letter milk money morning Mrs name night nothing picture pig
- :place rabbit road sea shop sister street sun table tea today top toy train
- :water
-
- :Gp 5
- :The next 19 750 words in their list (not printed)
-
- :Sorry it's taken so long, and I have to post it directly because my board
- :can't provide public posting overseas yet
-
- :Regards
-
- :Anthony Bayer ajrbayer@deepthnk.kiwi.gen.nz
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