“How many words are there in the English language? The short answer is: about a million,” he told RD.com. Doubt you know anything even close to a million words?

Figuring out how many words there are in the English language is complicated for a number of reasons. Let’s start with its roots. What about persona non grata, “an unacceptable or unwanted ...

Learning a new language can be tricky, but how many words do you need to know before you can actually get by in a foreign tongue? That was the question posed to BBC Radio 4's More or Less ...

Many English-speaking adults know more than 42,000 words. That is a fact after researchers were able to determine the figure thanks to a study that was spearheaded in the Netherlands.