Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with the author of Text 1 about which point?

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Text 1
To learn a language quickly, memorise its thousand most frequent words first. Those words cover most of everyday speech, and everything else can be picked up from context.

Text 2
Frequency lists give beginners a false sense of progress. The thousand most common words are mostly grammar — 'the', 'of', 'was' — which no learner can use without the nouns and verbs of the situations they actually face.

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A. Whether learning the most frequent words first is an effective starting strategy.. Text 1 recommends starting with the frequency list; Text 2 calls it a false sense of progress.

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B. Whether languages can be learned at all. — Both texts assume learning is possible.

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C. Whether frequency lists exist. — Both texts refer to frequency lists as real.

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D. Whether nouns and verbs are part of language. — Neither text doubts that.

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Answer: A. Whether learning the most frequent words first is an effective starting strategy.

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