Ø Forty is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. One is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. Ø Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions! Ø On reversing the words they spell the same: “Malayalam”, “Liril” and “Madam”. Ø “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Ø No word in the English language rhymes with month. Ø Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt. Ø Underground is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters und. Ø Only 3 words in the English language end in ceed: proceed, exceed, and succeed. Ø Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words. Ø The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural. Ø Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term (widower). Ø No language has more synonyms than English. Ø The most common letters in English are R S T L N E. Ø Go. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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