In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary.
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0 Q/ H$ Y. V9 q5 u, U _ `First, there are those words __1__ which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we __2__ ,that is to say, from the __3__ of our own family and from our familiar associates, and __4__ we should know and use __5__ we could not read or write.
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3 y+ ^ J& J2 P3 H" l2 U# K mThey __6__ the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who __7__ the language.0 {0 Q2 \7 U2 {9 Y f* y R9 w% l
9 {6 L7 \ p7 l4 x) E \3 S+ HSuch words may be called“popular”, since they belong to the people __8__ and are not the exclusive __9__ of a limited class.
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: L" r# r; M4 c* Y# qOn the other hand, our language __10__ a multitude of words which are comparatively __11__ used in ordinary conversation.: y ^0 w, X: z6 v
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Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little __12__ to use them at home or in the market-place./ {: `2 ?6 k" P" C3 P j) F, X+ M T
Our __13__ acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's __14__ or from the talk of our school-mates, __15__ from books that we read, lectures that we __16__ ,
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8 z$ |% U& Y, u0 W7 y! oor the more __17__ conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular __18__ in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual __19__ of everyday life.
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Such words are called“learned”, and the __20__ between them and the“popular”words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.
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