Fascinating facts about English

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KNOW YOUR ENGLISH
Fascinating facts about English:
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
 We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word "therein" without rearranging any of its letters: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
If we place a comma before the word "and" at the end of a list, this is known as an "Oxford comma" or a "serial comma". For example: "I drink coffee, tea , and wine."
Only two modern English words end in "-gry": "angry" and "hungry".

Compiled by,
R.Chinnasamy Subramanian,
Karur.

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