Most common nouns: a list of the 25 most used

[Accipiter22]

LONDON, England (AP) -- For those who think the world is obsessed with "time," an Oxford dictionary added support to the theory Thursday in announcing that the word is the most often used noun in the English language.

"The" is the most commonly used word overall, followed by "be," "to," "of," and, "a," "in," "that," "have," and "I," according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

On the list of top 25 nouns, "time" is followed by other movement indicators: "year" is in third place; "day" is fifth; and "week" is No. 17.

The dictionary used the Oxford English Corpus -- a research project into English in the 21st century -- to come up with the lists.

Among nouns, "person" is ranked at No. 2, with "man" at No. 7 and "woman" at No. 14. "Child" appears at No. 12.

"Government" appears at No. 20 while "war," at No. 49, trumps "peace," which did not make the top 100.

The list of top 25 nouns: time, person, year, way, day, thing, man, world, life, hand, part, child, eye, woman, place, work, week, case, point, government, company, number, group, problem, fact.

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[brxndxn]

shens..


'like' is used hella-lot

 

[amdforever2]

How do they determine such things............

 

[MrCodeDude]

I am surprised no profanities made the list.

 

[Accipiter22]

I wonder if 'banned' is...wait that's a verb

 

[EngenZerO]

interesting

 

[QED]

When I read this earlier I thought to myself they must've only used legal briefings as their samples for study.

How often do you use the words "hand" , "eye" , or "man" in normal conversations?

 

[Maximus96]

they must have not polled the bay area, there are hella people that says 'hella'.

 

[dbk]

a bunch of people i know say "mad" in place of "very", "too", etc..

 

[glen]

pr0n didn't make it?

 

[Cutterhead]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
LONDON, England (AP) -- For those who think the world is obsessed with ATOT, an Oxford dictionary added support to the theory Thursday in announcing that the following 'nouns' are among the most commonly found on the internet:

Pics
Ban
FTW
Shens
sonz70
YAGT
YACT
PIITB

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Fixed.

 

[VTHodge]

The first three probably get a boost from people talking about the "Time Person of the Year".

Many of you need to learn what a noun is: "like", "hella" and "mad" don't make the cut.

I believe that they compile these types of lists by scanning written works in a huge database.

 

[DannyLove]

what a retarded study.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: Cutterhead

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
LONDON, England (AP) -- For those who think the world is obsessed with ATOT, an Oxford dictionary added support to the theory Thursday in announcing that the following 'nouns' are among the most commonly found on the internet:

Pics
Ban
FTW
Shens
sonz70
YAGT
YACT
PIITB

Copyright 2006 The ATOT Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Fixed.

LOL, I bet this is pretty damned accurate too. 😀