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Based on the British National Corpus of 100 million words of written and spoken English. The first 10 words on the list account for 25%, and the first 118 words account for 50%, of all English usage. 1 the 2 be 3 of 4 and 5 a 6 in 7 to 8 have 9 it 10 to 25% 11 for 12 i 13 that 14 you 15 he 16 on 17 with 18 do 19 at 20 by 21 not 22 this 23 but 24 from 25 they 26 his 27 that 28 she 29 or 30 which 31 as 32 we 33 an 34 say 35 will 36 would 37 can 38 if 39 their 40 go 41 what 42 there 43 all 44 get 45 her 46 make 47 who 48 as 49 out 50 up 51 see 52 know 53 time 54 take 55 them 56 some 57 could 58 so 59 him 60 year det v prep conj det prep infinitive-mkr v pron prep prep pron conj pron pron prep prep v prep prep adv det conj prep pron det det pron conj det conj pron det v modal modal modal conj det v det pron det v det v pron prep adv adv v v n v pron det modal adv pron n 61 into 62 its 63 then 64 think 65 my 66 come 67 than 68 more 69 about 70 now 71 last 72 your 73 me 74 no 75 other 76 give 77 just 78 should 79 these 80 people 81 also 82 well 83 any 84 only 85 new 86 very 87 when 88 may 89 way 90 look 91 like 92 use 93 her 94 such 95 how 96 because 97 when 98 as 99 good 100 find 101 man 102 our 103 want 104 day 105 between 106 even 107 there 108 many 109 those 110 one 111 after 112 down 113 yeah 114 so 115 thing 116 tell 117 through 118 back 50% 119 still 120 must prep det adv v det v conj adv prep adv a det pron det a v adv modal det n adv adv det adv a adv conj modal n v prep v pron det adv conj adv adv a v n det v n prep adv adv det det pron prep adv interjection conj n v prep adv adv modal 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 child n here adv over prep too adv put v own det on adv no interjection work v become v more det old a government n mean v part n leave v life n great a where adv case n woman n over adv seem v same det us pron work n need v feel v system n each det might modal may v much adv ask v group n number n yes interjection however adv another det again adv world n area n show v course n company n shall modal under prep problem n against prep never adv all adv most adv service n try v call v hand n party n high a about adv something pron school n 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 in small place before why while away keep point house different country really provide week hold large member off always next follow without turn end within local where during bring most word begin although example next family rather fact like social write state percent quite both start run long right set help every home month side night important eye head information adv a n prep adv conj adv v n n a n adv v n v a n adv adv det v prep v n prep a conj prep v det n v conj n adv n adv n v a v n n adv det v v a adv v v det n n n n a n n n

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