The Zipf Mystery
The of and to. A in is I. That it, for you, was with on. As have ... but be they. RELATED LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW! http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce http://www.instagram.com/electricpants...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. About 6 percent of everything you say and read and write is the "the" - is the most used word in the English language. About one out of every 16 words we encounter on a daily basis is "the." The top 20 most common English words in order are "the," "of," "and," "to," "a," "in," "is," "I," "that," "it," "for," "you," "was," "with," "on," "as," "have," "but," "be," "they." That's a fun fact. A piece of trivia but it's also more. You see, whether the most commonly used words are ranked across an entire language, or ...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. About 6 percent of everything you say and read and write is the "the" - is the most used word in the English language. About one out of every 16 words we encounter on a daily basis is "the." The top 20 most common English words in order are "the," "of," "and," "to," "a," "in," "is," "I," "that," "it," "for," "you," "was," "with," "on," "as," "have," "but," "be," "they." That's a fun fact. A piece of trivia but it's also more. You see, whether the most commonly used words are ranked across an entire language, or ...
