What words in English are considered the most common?
The most common word, the, is followed by of, to, and and a. Among pronouns, it lands at No. 8, you at No. 9, he at No. 11, I at No. 18 and she at No. 50. And, among opposites, hot is found at No. 30 and cold at No. 398 – with good at No. 121 and bad not even in the top 500. The list is “based on the combined results of British English, American English and Australian English surveys of contemporary sources in English: newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio and real-life conversations – the language as it is written and spoken today.” (www.world-english.org/english500.htm) Q: Does the St. Bernard dog carry brandy to lost travelers? A: Ancestors of modern St. Bernards were originally used by monks from the 1700s through the 1800s to find lost, freezing travelers at Great St. Bernard Pass between Italy and Switzerland. The large dogs also served the monks as guards and carriers. The legendary barrel of brandy strapped beneath the neck, however, seems to have been invented in 1816 by an
