The Most Used Word in the English language.
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The Most Used Word in the English language.
According to the official statistics based on all usage everywhere. Besides "a" and "the".
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9. I think I would say I is certainly in the top ten.
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33. No pronouns and is is #11 (down from #9)
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Nah, I just like the word...
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21. Only one in 25 could even say it.
Although it is one of the most used words in TV Guide.
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only in the top ten according to my source.
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29. Ok..my other bet would be "the"
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34. A and the are excluded. Not interesting enough.
Only interesting words are considered by my source. Only words that can stand alone which a and the and and can't.
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40. Ok..then I say "love"
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I am stumped and like all this guessing..can I keep guessing til I get it?
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60. You can keep guessing even after you get it!
But I don't think you'll get it. Live is good, but not as good as love.
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68. OK...since all my other choices are fizzling..."word"?
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It enjoyed a peak of #76 some years back.
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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 06:44 PM by nothingshocksmeanymo
I mean I'm not propositioning you or anything :evilgrin:
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83. I like it (but that's not it).
I'll never forget when we met. It was a lovely encounter on a terrible night.
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we gotta get you out more :D (providing Oscar permits it)
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90. one more guess...is it "NO"?
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27. No conjunctives and/or whatever you call it.
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Those are my favorite type of words.
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89. Too dependent on other words.
Plus it is watered down by being a name and a noun and a pluperfect verb or something.
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96. Watered down? I thought that made it one of everything.
Noun and verb, etc. It seemed to cover all bases. I'll go back to thinking.
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25. Has to be "morals". It's all we have heard for the last 5 years, from the
immoral jerks running this country.
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31. Most people don't like that word
so they don't say it. It makes people uncomfortable, and people don't like to be uncomfortable from words they say themselves.
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52. Oh, but those who do say it never STOP saying it. n/t
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I hear that word far too often for my tastes. :)
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38. Your answer is da bomb but
not correct, however speled or pernunced.
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35. Pronouns are not allowed.
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41. Am is not it because I is not it.
Am is only used with I and I is not it, plus sometimes am is not even used with I.
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59. That's what I just guessed below n/t
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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 06:40 PM by Tallison
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45. My last guess.... "as"?
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48. No semulcles (as, like, some, either, etc.).
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50. I lied... one more guess - "about"??
you've got me curious now...
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53. About I believe is a semi-preposition
and therefore disallowed.
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49. In................n/t
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54. Prepositions are not interesting or independent enough.
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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 06:29 PM by Crazy Guggenheim
:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 06:32 PM by Tallison
:shrug:
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65. Go is #18, Run is #24.
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61. NEVEMIND I GOT IT!!! It's FUCK!!!
Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 06:32 PM by nothingshocksmeanymo
I'm right aren't I? :D It's gotta be fuck or shit so if it's not fuck then I say it's shit!
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66. Got is #41. Shit #112. Fuck #154.
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100. And if it wasn't before this contest...
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73. No, but it is way ahead of which.
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78. Have is #34 but with an asterisk
because it sometimes depends on other, more involving verbs.
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Another post in the wrong spot & "self-delete" will be up there.
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75. Prepositions or approximatals are not included,
unfortunately for their sake.
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74. So what is it? What source are you using?
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79. I can't tell you the source because then you'd look it up
and spoil everything. I know your type.
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Although this is unlikely if "go" is down on the list... Racking my brain here.
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95. I'm going on vacation till after Labor Day.
I expect it to be guessed by then. Oh, Fresno, here we come!
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98. most printed sentence is: "close cover before striking" but I doubt
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