fenlan Posted August 24, 2005 at 09:04 PM Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 at 09:04 PM This list was compiled from the 100 million word British National Corpus, one of the largest bodies of British English, both spoken and written. The 2nd column is frequency in written English, the 3rd frequency in spoken English, the 4th pronunciation using the SAMPA system (this is a rival to the International Phonetic Alphabet system, and will not mean much to those unfamiliar with it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipponman Posted August 24, 2005 at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 at 09:45 PM Why are words like "validation", "upgrade", and "rigorous" at the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenlan Posted August 24, 2005 at 10:11 PM Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 at 10:11 PM They will be in different positions depending on whether you are looking at the written frequency or oral frequency column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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