1. One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.
2. The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.
3. Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine.
4. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.
5. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious" and "facetious."
6. No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
7. The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
8. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
9. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
10. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
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