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From: ab313@torfree.net (Burke Haworth)
Subject: Re: 1000 commonest words
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 15:21:11 GMT
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: In article <NEWTNews.852005868.25395.eli_perl@dialup.netvision.net.il>,
:  <eli_perl@netvision.net.il> wrote:
: . . .
: >> Does anyone know where I can get a simple list of the 1,000 most 
: >> frequently used words in English or some Western European language?  I 
: >> think it would be quite helpful in the initial stages of learning a 
: >> language.  

The Living Language series of tapes all come with a dictionary that list
about 7000 words.  The 1000 most common words are high-lighted.  They
are available in Spanish, German, French, etc.


