Most common adjectives in English (1,000)



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  • #1 I would like to see a little more information. What order are the words in? I was expecting the order to be in order of commonality. But it doesn't seem to be that way.

    I was also wanting to know the source of this information since I didn't see it at the top where anyone can easily see it. But I have found it now.
    Written by: Jeff on 15/10/2020

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