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    While "the" is the most commonly-used word overall, a respected authority on the English language has just announced that another word is the most frequently-used example of its part of speech. What is the authority, what is the word, and can you find a list of the top 25 examples?

    Question #67303. Asked by lanfranco. (Jun 22 06 4:34 PM)


    peasypod

    		TIME to peruse this list from publishers of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary...

    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19557717-2,00.html

    Jun 22 06, 6:39 PM
    lanfranco

    		"Time" is, indeed, the most frequently-used noun, peasy, something that surprised me a bit. Here's another site:


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101852.html

    Jun 22 06, 7:15 PM

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