The Pushkin Institute named the most popular two-letter words

The most popular two-letter words were revealed at the Pushkin State Institute of the Russian Language. Pavel Katyshev, Head of the Department of General and Russian Linguistics, named the list on March 28.

"The most frequently used two-letter word is the particle "not". If you make a list of the 10 most used two—letter words, then, in addition to the particle "not", it will include the words "on", "he", "then", "by", "but", "we", "from", "for", "from", - said He's in an interview with RIA Novosti.

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On March 21, Igor Sharonov, Head of the Russian Language Department at the Russian State University, Doctor of Philology, announced the meaning of the phrase "not a fluff" and the answer "to hell with it." It was noted that this dialogue was an imitation of a conflict between spouses, which was necessary to "deceive" evil spirits, who, according to the Slavs, closely followed the plans of people.

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