1000 Words to Expand Your Vocabulary

by Joseph Piercy

The Oxford English Dictionary contains 175,000 words in common usage, and yet linguists estimate that a vocabulary of 3,000 is sufficient to cover 95%t of common usage in speech and print. Where have all those other words gone? The English language is a giant sponge, absorbing words from a multitude of different languages and cultures, and yet it seems speakers of English are indolent at accessing the rich resources at our disposal. 1000 Words...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782438912
• ISBN13: 9781782438915
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"