In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary.
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8 `* {0 m: p7 s' QFirst, 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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4 _/ W* @* k9 e0 t) n) hThey __6__ the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who __7__ the language.
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8 M; n* g$ z# [7 [! G* LSuch 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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On the other hand, our language __10__ a multitude of words which are comparatively __11__ used in ordinary conversation.
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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.
" a T7 m# [! H: lOur __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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5 r l6 [6 K4 Eor 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.. g: E1 _( n+ h: A6 m
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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.- `. `& r: }0 L9 x
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C.stimulate D.learn
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