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  • There are _____ consonants in the English alphabet.
    twenty-one (21)
  • English is the official language in _______ countries.
    seventy-five (75)
  • About _____ new words are added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online each year.
    400
  • There are _______ letters in the English alphabet.
    twenty-six (26)
  • The first early English dictionary was published in _____.
    1604
  • The second edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for _____ words in current use, but it's impossible to count the number of words in the English language.
    1 171
  • The Oxford English Corpus contains over _____ words.
    2.1 billion
  • According to data from 2010, _____ million people speak English as their first language.
    three hundred and sixty (360)