English is a very fascinating language, isn't it?
There is always something new to learn.
I am not only talking about grammar rules and vocabulary, but also about curiosities and particularities of this beautiful, worldwide language.
If you like English, I’m sure you will find interesting the following 7 facts about this language:
1. A pangram is a sentence which contains all the letters of the alphabet. An example? “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet; that’s why it’s often used to test typewriters and keyboards
2. Have you ever put words such as “like”, “actually”, “honestly” or “basically” into your sentences? Well, these words, which are used without adding a meaning or value to a phrase, have a name: they are called crutch words
3. The most common letter in English is “e”
4. Some English words only have the plural or the singular form:
Plural
· Jeans
· Pants
· Scissors
· Glasses
· Clothes
Singular
· Behaviour
· Damage
· Music
· Violence
· Meat
Can you name others?
5. The group of letters “ough” can be pronounced in 10 different ways. Thank you, English:(
6. English is not the official language of the United States. Could you expect that?
7. English is the official language of the sky. All pilots have to know how to speak it, no matter where they are from.
Which one is your favourite?