Amazing Facts about The English Language

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Amazing Facts about The English
Language
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'Dreamt' is the only English word
that ends in the letters 'mt'.
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There are only four words in the
English language which end in
'dous': tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous.
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"Almost" is the longest word in
the English language with all the
letters in alphabetical order.
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There is only one word in the
English language with three
consecutive sets of double
letters.... Bookkeeper
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It is the third most natively spoken
language in the world,
after Mandarin
Chinese and Spanish.
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There are two words in the
English language that have all
five vowels in order: 'abstemious'
and 'facetious.'
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The sentence: 'The quick brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses
every letter of the English
alphabet.
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No word in the English language
rhymes with month, orange,
silver, or purple.
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Of all the words in the English
language, the word 'set' has the
most definitions.
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"Rhythm" is the longest English
word without a vowel.
Answer the following questions.
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What word in English has the most definitions?
What two words in English have all five vowels in order?
What word in English has three consecutive sets of double letters?
What two words in the English language end in “dous”?
What is the only word in English that ends in “mt”?
What fact do you find most interesting?
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