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109) Most Commonly Used Adjectives in the English Language

109) Most Commonly Used Adjectives in the English Language

From10ish Podcast


109) Most Commonly Used Adjectives in the English Language

From10ish Podcast

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Nov 25, 2020
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Podcast episode

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An adjective is a type of word that describes a noun; but what adjectives are most frequently used in the English language? The Oxford English Dictionary conducted a study of more than 3.5 million quotations from more than 280,000 written sources (books, journals, newspapers, etc.) to reveal the Top 10 Most Commonly Used Adjectives in the English Language. In this episode, Brandon tries to guess the Top 10 in real time.PLUS...synonyms for each adjective in the Top 10, the most commonly used words of any kind (including non-adjectives), Nick's personally-crafted sentences using each adjective, Brandon's awful journalism professor in college, bootylicious, Alexander the Great, Oxford Dictionary throwing shade, putting the "new" in "news", Press Your Luck Whammy, good = bad, the TV series LOST, college debt in America, Walker Texas Ranger, Brandon's voice causes belly button tingling, and MUCH more.---------------------------------Have you signed up for the free 10ish Podcast Monthly Newsletter? It hits email inboxes on the first Friday of every month. Newsletter subscribers are the FIRST to hear about upcoming 10ish episode topics, and the 10ish Podcast Newsletter is the ONLY place to read our monthly blog, "The Sidekick Corner." All this and more, every month. It takes just 30 seconds to sign up at https://www.10ishpod.com/newsletter.---------------------------------10ish Podcast Theme Music:Hackbeat by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0---------------------------------Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/10ish-podcast--5968552/support.
Released:
Nov 25, 2020
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Podcast episode

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