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by camjam on February 16th, 2005

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How many words are there in the English language?

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  • by Joseph2493 on February 17th, 2005

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    Actually believe it or not this is one of those questions that does not have a correct, or at least accurate, answer.

    According to experts, the number of words is changing every minute of the day. Because english is the most common language on the internet, non-english speaking people are creating words for their internet site.

    I did find a website that attempts to keep an accurate number of english words.

    According to Global Language Monitor...

    http://www.languagemonitor.com/default.php (scroll to the bottom of the page)


    As of February 17, 2005 at 12:40 p.m. there were approximately 849,410 words in the English Language "plus or minus a handful"

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