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English Tip #4 - Size can be deceptive
Pay attention to the little words
These are the most commonly used words in written English (According to the American Heritage Word Frequency Book)
1. The
2. Of
3. And
4. A
5. To
6. In
7. Is
8. You
9. That
10. It
11. He
12. For
They might be the most common words, but they're also the ones that will probably give you the most trouble, knowing them is one thing, knowing how to use them quite another. Not one of them is more than four letters long, but size can be deceptive, so pay as much attention to the little words as you do to the big ones.