How many words did Dr. Seuss use in "Green Eggs and Ham".?

Answer 1

Green Eggs and Ham is one of Seuss's "Beginner Books", written in a very simple vocabulary for beginning readers. The vocabulary of the text consists of just fifty different words, of which 48 are monosyllabic.

**The fifty words used are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, Sam-I-am, say, see, so, thank, that, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.**

A rumour has it that Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss's publisher, wagered $50 that Seuss could not write a book using only fifty words. The bet came after Seuss completed The Cat in the Hat, in which he used 236. Despite Seuss's success, it is unclear whether Cerf ever paid the beto-called "cumulative" story, with a list of circumstances which gradually increases as the story progresses. Thus, one of Sam's friend's refusals goes:

I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Cumulative stories are a traditional genre of English folklore, for instance in the tale "This is the House that Jack Built"

Answer 2

Dr. Seuss used exactly 50 words in Green Eggs And Ham.

Answer 3

4?

Answer 4

Dr. Seuss I need to read.

I read in my house, I read to my mouse. I read with my Dad. I read to a lad. It makes me glad.

I read Dr. Seuss. I look at the pictures. I like to laugh and smile.

But count? I don't pout! I read. I need to read!

Answer 5

Actually he just used 50 words to write this fantastic, widely spread book!

Answer 6

I did not count them, Sam-I-Am.

Answer 7

Just enough.