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Did you know that Shakespeare added over 1,000 words to the English language?

Almost everyone in the world has heard of the great William Shakespeare, the famous English poet and playwright of the 16th century. From love sonnets to plays like “Romeu and Juliet” and “Hamlet,” Shakespeare has greatly influenced English literature.

But did you know that the English language itself wouldn’t be the same without Shakespeare?

Shakespeare invented over 1,000 words, which he incorporated into his writing. Today, native English speakers still use these words in everyday speech.

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It is the only major language that doesn’t have any organisation guiding it – as opposed to the French Académie française, the Spanish Real Academia Española and the German Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung. These organisations are responsible for controlling the evolution of their respective language in terms of usage, vocabulary, and grammar.The most common adjective used in English is ‘good’.The most commonly used noun is ‘time’.The word ‘set’ has the highest number of definitions.Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.

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There are only two words that end with -gry: "angry" and "hungry". Young people like to use a newer word, "hangry" (when a person is angry because he is very hungry).

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English is a West Germanic language that emerged in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread to what was to become the south-east of Scotland, under the influence of the medieval Anglo kingdom of Nortumbria

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Did you know that approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and about 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year?

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Did you know that approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and about 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year?

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Did you know that approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and about 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year?

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Did you know that approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and about 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year?

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Did you know that there are "ghost words" that literally mean nothing?
They appeared on the dictionary for printing errors. An example of those is the word "dord" that have been on the english dictionary for over eight years.

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~ Did you know that 67 countrys in the world have english as their official language.

~ To me it's pretty funny that 11% of the entire english language is just the letter "e"

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Did you know that the English Language has 26 letters and  44 sounds. The 26 letters are used to represent the 44 sounds in 650 different forms and did you know that "Forças" is the largest word in the language with only one vowel and one syllable?

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Native English has many accents and addresses. It can be British, Scottish, Irish, American, Canadian, Caribbean, Asian, Australian, etc.. Not to mention creole and pidginlanguages.

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If you wrote out all the numbers (i.e. one, two, three…), you would not use the letter “b” until the word “billion.”
You can also spell every number up to “1000” without using the letter “a.”

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Two curiosities about English 🇺🇲🇬🇧
~> The English word “alphabet” is formed by the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta.

~> The phrase “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” contains all the letters of the English alphabet.🦊🐶

Raquel Miguel Chaves

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Did you know that there are 12 countries that have English as their native language?

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 did you know that Shakespeare invented several words in English - many of them dictionary and still used. However, in “Antônio e Cleópatra”, he used the word armgaunt which, until today, nobody is sure of what it means.

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 did you know that Shakespeare invented several words in English - many of them dictionary and still used. However, in “Antônio e Cleópatra”, he used the word armgaunt which, until today, nobody is sure of what it means.

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Filipa Almeida

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Did you know that over 840 million people speak English as a first or second language, which makes it the second most spoken language right after Mandarin?

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Did you know that over 840 million people speak English as a first or second language, which makes it the second most spoken language right after Mandarin?

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Did you know that “Set” is the word with more different definitions in English, something like 450? (Not even the natives themselves know all of them ...)

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English Language Day, celebrated on April 23, coincides with the data on which World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated, which symbolically corresponds to the death of two great figures in world literature: Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare; the latter, considered the greatest writer of the English language.

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English Language Day, celebrated on April 23, coincides with the data on which World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated, which symbolically corresponds to the death of two great figures in world literature: Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare; the latter, considered the greatest writer of the English language.

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Did you know that the English language has 26 letters and 44 sounds. The 26 letters are used to represent the 44 sounds in 650 different forms and did you know that “Forças” is the largest word in the language with only one vowel and one syllable?

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Constança My opinion about English language day

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Constança My opinion about English language day

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My opinion on this day is that it serves to highlight the importance of the English language

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English Language Day at the UN is celebrated on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare. The Day is the result of a 2010 initiative by the Department of Global Communications, establishing language days for each of the Organization's six official languages. ;)

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English Language Day at the UN is celebrated on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare. The Day is the result of a 2010 initiative by the Department of Global Communications, establishing language days for each of the Organization's six official languages. ;)

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Did you know that there are 24 different dialects of English in the USA

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Did you know that the letter "S" starts the most words in the English language?

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Did you know that the letter "S" starts the most words in the English language?

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Rita Santos

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English Language Day is observed annually on April 23. The aim is to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity by exploring the language. English Language Day marks the birthday and date of death of famed writer William Shakespeare.

This day makes up one of six UN language days.

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Did you know that English has approximately 400 million native speakers?

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Did you know that the words 'gossip', 'fashionable' and 'lonely' were all first used by Shakespeare and they are still used today?

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Did you know that the words 'gossip', 'fashionable' and 'lonely' were all first used by Shakespeare and they are still used today?

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Did you know that this date was established by UNESCO in 2010? 

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Did you know that this date was established by UNESCO in 2010? 

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English language day marks the birthday and date of death of a famous writer William Shakespeare.

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Did you know that English Language Day is celebrated on the 23rd April? 

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Did you know that English Language Day is celebrated on the 23rd April? 

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