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SixThousand

CommonEnglishWords

TheirComparativeFrequency

andWhatCanBeDoneWithThem

ByR.C.ELDRIDGE

NiagaraFalls,N.Y.

U.S.A.

Copyright1911

ByR.C.Eldridge

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13,825words.

11,538words.

9,608words.

gate9,018words. theirrepetitionsaggregate43,989words.

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4 thelanguage. selectedinthesameway,istheaimofthisbook. 5 familiar. wordshemightseeinprint. 6 simplifiedspeller. 7 thesamevalueasthatadvertisedrecipeforcuringarednose - price$1.00,strictlyin advance - "Keeprightondrinkinganditwillsoonturnpurple."Wearestillspelling phthisic. 9 minimum,etc. byletterstothesmallestnumbercompatiblewithfreeandintelligiblespeech - tothose whichtheaveragepersoncanreadilydistinguish - tendsdirectlytowardsaunifiedstand- alphabetforuseintheirpronunciationkeys. inordinaryconversation. thefollowingwillshow. 10 hardlyworthconsideration. andcoollycharginguptothem. 12

inthenewvocabulary,andsoldiersandsailorswouldbefarbetteroffiftheyalsowererequiredtodothesamething.Theyprobablywouldbedelightedtodoit.Thearmyandnavyshouldgiv.eafaireducationtoeverysoldierandsailoremployed,anyway.Thenewvocabularywouldbecomethelanguageofdiplomacy.Commercialtravelerswouldstudyit.Missionarieswouldlearnit,andwouldteachteacherstoteachit,andwhereonemissionarycouldbefoundforthejobonehundredwouldbecalledfor.Itwouldatoncebecomeagreatermissionaryforcethantheworldhaseverseen.Itcanbeself-taughtfromprintalone,asthealphabetwouldbepurelyphonetic - theonlyoneofthekindingeneraluse.Achildoffourteenyears,knowingthealphabetandafew

ingconditiontheworldover. otherallaboutit. inuse. inonegeneration. along,(andyouprobablywouldnotinsomecases),theywouldstillbeonthejob - and IS 16 production. 17 18 alistofwords - hisonlycopy - thathehasbeenalongtimemaking,whichheintendsto modified. 19 influenceandofgreatestvalueforalltime. theymaybeabletodogood. important - aleading - part.Thinkitover.Youcanneverhaveabetteropportunity todogood. help.

R.C.ELDRIDGE,

NiagaraFalls,N.Y.,U.S.A.

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THECALFPATH

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Onedaythroughtheprimevalwood

Because'twassuchacrookedpath.

Thisforestpathbecamealane

Thatbentandturnedandturnedagain.

Trodinthefootstepsofthatcalf.

Trodinthefootstepsofthatcalf.

Eachdayahundredthousandrout

Menarepronetogoitblind

Ah!Manythingsthistalemightteach,

ButIamnotordainedtopreach.

LISTNo.1

ShowingHowManyTimesEachWordAppears

NUMERALSANDPROPERNAMESOMITTED

73WordsOccurring20TimesOrMore.

The.. Of... And. To... In... A.... Is... That. For.. It... 1277
.717 .431 .423 .343 .331 .236 .224 .200 .170 At... By... As... Are.. Has.. With.

Have85

Not84Was82

They75

.121 .109 .104 ..96 ..89 ..86

He67Were43Would31Had23

Which65Out41Other30I23

There

All....

But...Who..

.53She37Its27New22 .52Than37Made27People22 .52When36Do25What22 Be.. Will On..

150His.

127
124
Been. .68Or45Some33IL... .67No..;43Her.32Since. .24Year21 .24Years21

Committee

Every

GreatHim

Over

StreetWeDay

Most Only

Such...Them..Woman

.19Can.... .1'9Many17 .19May17

78WordsOccurring19to10TimesEach.

.17Did14Yesterday...14Proposition

14Because13Same

Ever

Like14Business13Says..

19First16Long14Each..13Today

19Those16Make14Should13Yet...

19Up16Man14

19Very16Much14

18Direct15Our..

18Must.15Part.

Where13Convention.Women13Night

14Celebration..12Said

14Could12See

18Primarv15Public14Does12State.

12Evening..

12Far

12Held....

12How....

12National.

11Office...

11Officers..

11Possible.

11Shall....

11Tax .18System. .18Upon.. ,18Well...

15Put14Given12Until....

.15Then14Little12Before.. ,15Way14Pay12Between.

30WordsOccurring9TimesEach.

11Through10

10Week10

10World10

Afternoon

LISTNo.1,CONTINUED.

64WordsOccurring5TimesEach.

Always

LISTNo.1,CONTINUED.

510WordsOccurringTwiceEach.

Able LISTNo.1 - 1,672WordsOccurringOnceEach - Continued.

Problem

Proceed

Proceeding

Proceeds

Process

Proclamation

Produced

Professional

Professor

Profound

Promises

Promotion

Promptly

Proposed

Prose

Protective

Proved

Proves

Provide

Provided

Prunes

Publicly

Publishers

Pulled

Pumping

PumpkinsPumps

Punishment

Purchased

Purchases

Purchasing

Purest

Purge

Puritanic

Purposes

Purses

Qualified

Quarrel

Quarter

Queen

Quickly

Quickness

Quote

Quoted

Quotes

Radicals

Raids Rang Range

Ranked

Rapidity

Rapidly

Rather

Ratify

Reach Read

Reaping

Rearrangement

Rebuffs

Recall

Recorded

RedRedeemed

Reductions

Reenter

Reflect

Reform

Refused

Regarded

Regime

Regiments

Region

Register

Regularly

Regulars

Released

Relief

Reluctance

Relying

Remain

Remains

Remark

RemarkedRemedyRemembered

Render

Rendezvous

Renewed

Reorganization

Repaired

Repairs

Repeats

Reply

Representative

Representatives

Repression

Reputable

Reputation

Reputed

Request

Resolutions

Resort

Respond

Restored

Restrained

Result

Resulting_

Resurrection

Retain

Retirement

Returning

Revealed

Reversed

Revert

Rid. Rigor

Rigorous

Riots Ripen Rise

Receipt

Receives

Reception

Receptions

Recognized

Recommendation

RecommeMaiionsRecommended

Reconciled

Record

Rite Rites River

Roadside

RobberyRomance

RoofRoomRooms

Round

Rounds

Rout Route

RoutedRow

Ruin

RulesRumored

Runaround

Sacrifice

Sails Sake

Salaried

Sale

Salient

Salt

Salubrious

Sanctioned

Sanitary

Satire

Satisfactory

Saving

Saw Scarf

Scatter

Scattered

Sceptre

Scheme

Scholar

Schooling

Scientists

Scoffed

Scratched

Scrub

Scrubbed

Scruple

Scurrilous

Sea

Seacoast

Sealskin

Secure

Securing

Security

Seldom

Selection

Self Sell

Semiofificial

Send

Sending

Sentence

Sentenced

Sergeant

Serial

Seriousness

Served

Serves

Services

Sessions

Sets

Setting

Settled

Sexton

Shape Share

Shared

Sharp Shed Shine Shop

Shorter

Shortly

Shouting

Showered

Showing

Sign

Signal

Signals

Silence

Simultaneously

Sincerity

Sister-in-law

Sisters

Sits

Situation

Sizes

Skilfully

Slated

Slender

Slept

Slightly

Sling

Smells

Smiled

Social

Society

Softness

Soldiers

Solely

Solemn

Somebody

Sometimes

Somewhat

Sort

Sought

Sounded

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