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How many words do you think you know?

Asked by MrGrimm888 (19480points) September 6th, 2016

I feel like if I had to sit down and write every word I know,I would keep thinking of words I haven’t written. Language is SO complex. Many words are to precisely articulate what you are thinking. But we must know thousands of words.

Ball park figure. How many words do you think you know?

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RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Over 10,000.

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Jeruba's avatar

More than the average, but less than all.

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Sneki95's avatar

Probably at least one or two thousands.

More educated you are, more words you know.

And that is only if we assume I speak only one language.

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ragingloli's avatar

I know the best words.

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ucme's avatar

Almost a squidillion & I am fragnamptious when I say that

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Setanta's avatar

Oh, hundreds . . . maybe even dozens.

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cookieman's avatar

Enough to keep me out of trouble.

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Dutchess_III's avatar

A lot. 30 – 50, at least.

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Tropical_Willie's avatar

35,000 to 45,000.

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