How many words do you need to be fluent in English? Language YouTuber Marina breaks down fluency levels by vocabulary size, ...

Mac: Last year, XKCD’s Randall Monroe released Simple Writer, a web app that restricted your writing to the top 1,000 most commons words in the English language. If web apps aren’t your thing ...

But Chaser has proved herself as the undoubted top dog after learning to understand 1,000 words - plus a smattering of English grammar. Researchers believe the nine-year-old has learned to respond ...

The barrier to success is a hell of a lot lower: You only have to write 14,000 words and you don’t have to do it during one of the busiest months of the year. This year, 1000 Words of Summer ...