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Below is a table containing the words that make all the difference in a competent user of English, because according to James I. Brown, Professor of Rhetoric at the University of\u00a0Minnesota, in his book Programmed Vocabulary<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0they contain the twenty most\u00a0<\/strong>useful prefixes <\/strong>and the fourteen most important roots<\/strong> in our language. These constituent parts make up over 14,000 words in a collegiate dictionary size or close\u00a0to an estimated 100,000 words in an unabridged dictionary. In other words, you should know these words and understand why they mean what\u00a0they mean since doing so will grant you a superior vocabulary. \u00a0Click it for a slightly larger view<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Below is a table containing the words that make all the difference in a competent user of English, because according to James I. Brown, Professor of Rhetoric at the University of\u00a0Minnesota, in his book Programmed Vocabulary,\u00a0they contain the twenty most\u00a0useful … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/wordschart.gif\" "\\"wordschart\\"")
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