One story小学 · Book 5 for May

Amazing English

Amazing English There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet. It must be an easy language to learn, right? Well, ask anyone who has mastered English and they'll tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Although English has only 26 letters, you can make many words with those letters. In fact, English has more words than any other language in the world. How many?About 800, 000 words—give or take a few hundred. English words can be as short as just one letter. The shortest sentence in English is only one word. What is it?GO. If you like spelling contests, you might like to know that there is a word in English with 1, 909 letters in it. Can you imagine a single word with all those letters?

This next sentence uses all 26 letters of the alphabet: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. lf you are learning English, don't give up. Dig in and enjoy.

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