Jul 31, 2017 · Otherwise, an increase of 0.03 distinguishes the first and second halves of 2016. Altogether, an increase of 0.10 is recorded from the first half of 2015 through the first half of …

May 8, 2011 · The resulting chart reveals that take a walk has declined in frequency in the GB corpus over time, to such an extent that go for a walk has been the more common term (albeit …

Mar 27, 2018 · It is essentially a histogram computer for frequency of word use over the date which allows comparison among a number of words/phrases. That is purely a search on books …

Oct 23, 2013 · @RegDwigнt yeah I guess it would be unpractical. However, I do like your archive.org idea. After reading your response I was thinking even if a services like google …

Word origin is very important. Knowing the etymology of a word provides enhanced perspective about its most effective use. You understand its original meaning and how it may have …

Feb 2, 2019 · For example, "words with which" a given word is "commonly used" are called "Collocates". If you go to the English-Corpora page (linked in the first paragraph of this …

Other than the painstaking, longwinded traditional lexicographical techniques of gathering and comparing dated uses of terms in context and over time, no technique or set of techniques …

Apr 20, 2016 · @jejorda2 but the reasons aren't always the same, sometimes it's the so-called vowel shift, sometimes it was a typographer's convention, the capitalised pronoun I, …

As per the FAQ here, questions about word choice are clearly on-topic. However, this word choice question was closed and sent to writers, where these questions are very clearly off-topic.

Apr 28, 2023 · Are there separate areas here in English Grammar & Usage for U.S. English use and for British English use? The reason I ask is that when I’ve read some answers in English …