Tue, 11 August 2009  In business and economics, the so-called "Pareto's 80/20 rule" is often used. You can read about it here if you like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle Simply put, the 80/20 rule is a general idea that things often follow an 80% / 20% link. This is a "rule of thumb" which is a principle that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation, but can be useful. For example. we might guess approximately that we wear our 20% most favoured clothes about 80% of the time, or perhaps we spend 80% of the time with 20% of our friends or family, etc. In language we can use this idea. learning 20% of the most often used words and phrases would help us speak about 80% of subjects When we speak, it is probably around 20% of the time that we find it difficult to remember words. Speak without stress and worry, because you will probably be 80% correct. Out of 100 words you learn, probably 20 will be difficult to pronounce, or remember or give you some difficulty, where 80 will not. What can you think of that might follow this 80/20 rule? Bye for now Alan
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