(article excerpt) A Brief History of English by John Devine
10 From the King James Bible, published in 1611, phrases like flesh and blood and forbidden fruit entered into English. Four hundred years later, English continues to grow and
change. So many events, in fact, have influenced the development of the English language that its vocabulary is now estimated at 500,000 to 1,000,000 words.
11 Nor is there any indication that the growth of English vocabulary will slow down any time soon. The computer revolution has given us new meanings for old words like virus,
worm, and mouse. Most of us will not come close to using all of the words the English language makes available to us. (Shakespeare used only about 30,000 words in his
works.) It is truly amazing, however, to reflect upon how many words are at our disposal and how many great people and events made them available to us.
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"Virus," "worm," "and mouse", are presented as examples of words that now have additional meanings because of the widespread use of "computers."
"Virus, worm, and mouse" are presented as examples of words that now have additional meanings because of the widespread use of computers.
Devine presents "virus," "worm," and "mouse" as examples of words that now have additional meanings because of the widespread use of computers.
Devine presents the words such as virus, worm, as examples of words that now have additional meanings because of the widespread use of computers.
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