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The English language has 26 letters that are used to represent 44 sounds in 650 different ways. The letter “S” is the one that most starts words in English. “Strengths” is the word with only one vowel, while “Rhythm” is the longest word without a vowel. The two shortest sentences in English are “Go!” and “I am”. Words like “ewe” (sheep) and “you” (you) have the same pronunciation even though they don't have any letters in common. Likewise, “eye” and “I” are pronounced the same way. The word “set” has the most different meanings, around 450. Finally, “alphabet” is formed by the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and bēta.
