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Fun Word Facts
Part 4

• The opposite of déjà vu is jamais-vu.

• Snaste is the used, leftover part of a candlewick.

• Words starting with the letter U used to always have “an” in front of them.
• Today most words that start with a U have an “a” in front.
• Learn the rules for A & An that we use today.
• The US constitution says, “Congress shall develop an uniform rule of immigration and naturalization.”
• This is not correct by the grammar rules we use today.

• The word “alphabet” comes from Alpha & Beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.

• 80% of all the information stored on computers is in English.

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