1996年，學者Dr.Fry做了一項研究，他利用大數據，發現：
- 25個單詞組成了差不多1/3的出版物詞彙；
- 100個單詞佔了大概1/2的出版物詞彙；
- 300個單詞在所有的書寫材料中佔65%。
- 大概有一半的每天的報紙文章、課本、兒童讀物和小說由這300個詞彙組成。要是沒有這些詞彙，你很難寫出一個完整的句子。這1000個單詞中的前300個詞彙是你必須掌握的。
- 下面是這1000個基礎單詞中的第一個100：(按照出現的頻度從高到低排列）
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第二個 100：
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第三個 100：
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