1.The word "Goodbye" originally comes from an old English phrase meaning "god be with you"

2.Many English words have changed their meaning over time - for example 'awful' used to mean 'inspiring wonder '
and was a short version of "full of awe" , where as 'nice' used to mean 'silly' .

3.About 4,000 words are added to the dictionary each year

4.The word 'set' has the highest number of definitions

5.English is the official languages of 67 countries.


BY
N.Kartheeswari,
II M.A English,
ANJA College,
Sivakasi .