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Education and Writing
Individual Words
Old English
Words originating in Old English comprise 34.4% of the sorted text, or 1,290 words. Of the 1,290 words, the most common words were the, of, to, that, English, and for .
the
230 words
17.8% of OE words
6% of sorted text
of
166 words
12.9% of OE words
4% of sorted text
to
105 words
8% of OE Words
2.8% of sorted text
that
68 words
5.3% of OE words
2% of sorted text
English
53 words
4% of OE words
1.4% of sorted text
for
53 words
4% of OE words
1.4% of sorted text
Germanic
Words originating in Germanic comprise 23.2% of the sorted text, or 870 words. Of the 870 words, the most common words were a, in, and, and is (including are).
a
93 words
11% of Germanic words
2.5% of sorted text
in
92 words
11% of Germanic words
2.5% of sorted text
and
90 words
10% of Germanic Words
2.4% of sorted text
is
57 words
6.6% of Germanic Words
1.5% of sorted text
Latin
Words originating in Latin comprise 12.2% of the sorted text, or 457 words. Of the 457 words, the most common words were words related to prescribe (prescribed, prescribing, prescriptions, prescriptive, prescriptivism, prescriptivist, prescriptivists), words related to create (create, created, creates, creating), words related to describe (described, descriptive, descriptivism, descriptivist), grammatical, words related to school (scholastic, school, schools), words related to method (method, methodologies, methodology, methods), and words related to critic (critic, critical, criticism, criticizes, critics). None of these words represented a significant portion of words in the text.
prescribe
24 words
5.3% of Latin words
0.6% of sorted text
create
16 words
3.5% of Latin words
0.4% of sorted text
describe
16 words
3.5% of Latin words
0.4% of sorted text
grammatical
15 words
3.3% of Latin words
0.4% of sorted text
school
14 words
3% of Latin words
0.4% of sorted text
method
13 words
3.1% of Latin words
0.3% of sorted text
critic
12 words
2.6% of Latin words
0.3% of sorted text
Anglo Norman
Words originating in Anglo Norman comprise 10.9% of the sorted text, or 407 words. Of the 407 words, almost none were used a significant number of times. Those used the most were words related to use (use, usage, used, uses, using), words related to author (author, authorial, authors), creation, and public.
use
21 words
5.2% of Anglo Norman words
0.6% of sorted text
author
9 words
2.2% of Anglo Norman words
0.2% of sorted text
creation
9 words
2.2% of Anglo Norman words
0.2% of sorted text
public
9 words
2.2% of Anglo Norman words
0.2% of sorted text
Middle and Modern French
Middle and Modern French words comprise 8.2% of the sorted text, or 309 words. However, some words stand out. Of the 309 words, the most used were century, language, words related to education (education, educational), and words related to printing (printing, printings). Again, the percent of the text that these words comprise is not significant.
century
30 words
9.7% of Mid / Mod French words
0.8% of sorted text
language
30 words
9.7% of Mid / Mod French words
0.8% of sorted text
education
15 words
4.9% of Mid / Mod French words
0.4% of sorted text
printing
13 words
4.2% of Mid / Mod French words
0.34% of sorted text
Old French
Old French words comprise 6.5% of the sorted text, or 243 words. One words stand out. Words related to grammar (grammar, grammars, grammarian, grammarians) comprise 3.5% of the sorted text. The next most used OF word was words related to standard (standard, standards, standardization, standardized).
grammar
133 words
55% of Old French words
3.5% of sorted text
standard
17 words
12.8% of Old French words
0.5% of sorted text
Middle English
Middle English words comprise 2.9% of the sorted text, or 108 words. Two words stand out. Of the 108 words, the most used words were she (15 words) and my (13 words). These two words account for 26% of Middle English words and 0.7% of the words in the sorted text.
Scandinavian
Scandinavian words comprise 1.1% of the sorted text, or 41 words. One group of words predominates. These words are related to they (they, them, their). Of the 41 words, these 28 words account for 68% of Scandinavian words and 0.74% of the words in the sorted text.