Corpus double check

huh?

Hellufa interesting title. I hardly ever drop into English unless I see Roberta, Navagator, or the seldom seen OristarA.

As to the answer, corpus, the general public is just going to have to learn to do its own proofreading. It sounds like an insegrevious paradigm, but there it is.

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I took a TEFL/TESL course last fall and was given a handout titled:

300 Most Common English Words In Rank Order

This is known as the corpus. When you punch these above words into google you find websites but not footnoting to verify this. What are their sources is my question.

Yes Sir!

corpusquestioner - Now that you have taken the TEFL/TESL course, you might want to consider taking a course in manners. I think that you need that, badly!

I googled "most common words in English" and opened the top few sites. I found these two quotes right off (different websites):





I suspect that's how most of these lists are made. As far as I know, there is no single "corpus" that's universally accepted. One reason would be the difference in English as it's used in different parts of the world. The first site quoted above counted words in publications from many countries and sources; the second quote is from a site that used a rather small sample of American publications. The "corpuses" (corpi?) are probably similar, especially at the most-used part of the list...

Izzat substantive enuf? Pay attention to Phoenix -- she speaks wisely.