The English language is full of colour, range and diversity, with more and more words being added every day.
'The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries.'1
Why, therefore, when we have so many words to chose from, do we use the same words over and over again? Let's break this mould today and, wherever possible, try to make use of a synonym. Click on the image below to read the 10 most overused words in the English language - then try to think of some alternatives!
'The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries.'1
Why, therefore, when we have so many words to chose from, do we use the same words over and over again? Let's break this mould today and, wherever possible, try to make use of a synonym. Click on the image below to read the 10 most overused words in the English language - then try to think of some alternatives!
