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Origin of the most common words[edit]

It is claimed that the only non-Anglo-Saxon word in the first 100 more frequent words is "people". Is this correct? What about "number" and "sound"? And what about other sources (Celtic, Norse, etc.)? Jorge Stolfi 16:03, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's right; a correction is in order. Inkstersco 17:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also the words in, one and long are from latin. (Anonymous) 1 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.207.164.243 (talk)

In and One are also present in Old English coming from Indo-European, not sure about long. Also it seems suspect that hot is so high.

I thought that I'd made a good guess at how the list would go when I added it. Perhaps others can do better. 92.10.31.232 (talk) 18:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lord's Prayer[edit]

It seems to me that the Lord's Prayer is not a good example at all of Standard written English. The ancient verb tenses and pronouns would be considered wrong, or maybe archaic at best, under 2011 rules for written English. Mr. Granger (talk) 03:24, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Who is watching this article?[edit]

Hi, everyone,

I wonder who is interested in updating this article. I have been finding sources about the international standard for written English established by consensus as part of helping to update the main article English language. I would be delighted to discuss with you useful sources and how to improve this article. Please let me know what you think is a good path for updating this article. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 00:04, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Written English[edit]

Written English (which currently redirects here) deserves an article of its own. It's a living language, not just a collection of standards. Andrewa (talk) 00:34, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or move?[edit]

Does anyone feel strongly about deleting this page, or perhaps moving it (I have no idea where, at this point -- perhaps English orthography?). The first two sentences seem to potentially negate the need for this page at all: there is not one but either British or American English spelling standards, there exists no regulatory body for the English language, and there is some disagreement about formal or standard usage. Beyond just that, there is precisely one cited source since April 2009. Lastly, this purportedly serious academic but lacking page strangely dedicates a large chunk of space to a relatively opaque quotation from a humorist/comedian. Personally, I feel deletion is the best route. Thoughts? Wolfdog (talk) 17:23, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]