10 most common nouns in English

Believe it or not, there actually are people who keep track of the most common words used in the English language.

Who are these people?

They're the folks behind the Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford University Press and Oxford Online.

And, in 2006 a study done by Oxford University Press researchers found lots of curious information when looking at newspapers, magazines, websites, dictionaries, blogs, books and more.

For example, they discovered what are the 10 most commonly used nouns in the English language.

You remember nouns, right? To keep it simple, a noun is a person, place or thing.

So, what are the 10 most common nouns in English?

Here they are, in order of most common first:

1.) Time

2.) Person

3.) Year

4.) Way

5.) Day

6.) Thing

7.) Man

8.) World

9.) Life

10.) Hand

Interesting that all of those words are each one syllable, and that all of them are derived from Old English, according to Oxford University Press research manager Angus Stevenson.

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