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It's possible (but I think unlikely) it could be somewhat due to different usage of words than the English language changing completely (which clearly didn't ha
by pixelesque 3y ago
It's possible (but I think unlikely) it could be somewhat due to different usage of words than the English language changing completely (which clearly didn't happen).
i.e. maybe instead of lots of books having direct text like "David said" or "Dora said", over time there was a trend to use a different more varied/descriptive way of describing that, i.e. "David replied" or "Dora retorted"?
- lolc 3y agoYea there may be a shift in usage hidden in those numbers. As this article laments, we can't use ngrams to measure the develpment of usage between said, replied, and retorted.