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[quote=Anonymous]Mass Media: We have seen that the Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words in current use, whereas a vocabulary of just 3000 words provides coverage for around 95% of common texts. If you do the math, that's 1.75% of the total number of words in use. Children, Adult novels: You can start reading simpler (children's) books with 7000 word families (each word only counts once for singular and plural, verbs only count once for all of their conjugations etc). For a very complex book like "Moby Dick", you need around 18000 and up. I totally agree - you are learning more diction/vocab, writing styles, and grammar when you read a variety of NOVELS in stead of popular press. [/quote]
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