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alas...@gmail.com
,
Mike Scott
7
May 9
text coverage
thanks Mike ..much appreciated On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 9:40:58 PM UTC+3 mi...@lexically.net wrote:
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text coverage
thanks Mike ..much appreciated On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 9:40:58 PM UTC+3 mi...@lexically.net wrote:
May 9
Najat SIJILMASSI
,
Mike Scott
3
Apr 18
Frequency list
Many thanks, Mike. Regards. Najat On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 7:55:08 PM UTC+2 mi...@lexically.net
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Frequency list
Many thanks, Mike. Regards. Najat On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 7:55:08 PM UTC+2 mi...@lexically.net
Apr 18
Andy Lustig
,
Mike Scott
4
Apr 4
Trouble converting txt files
Hi Andy Yes. You can convert it in the File Choose window, or using the Text Converter as you prefer.
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Trouble converting txt files
Hi Andy Yes. You can convert it in the File Choose window, or using the Text Converter as you prefer.
Apr 4
Taylor
,
Mike Scott
3
Jan 21
Computing Relationships in Concord
Hi Mike, Thank you so much! Supplying a word list in (.LST) format is what I was not doing correctly.
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Computing Relationships in Concord
Hi Mike, Thank you so much! Supplying a word list in (.LST) format is what I was not doing correctly.
Jan 21
Najat SIJILMASSI
,
Mike Scott
2
Jan 15
Calculating STTR on the basis of 300 words
Najat, hi It's up to you to choose the number. There is no magic number, WS happens to set the
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Calculating STTR on the basis of 300 words
Najat, hi It's up to you to choose the number. There is no magic number, WS happens to set the
Jan 15
Mike Scott
,
Taylor
2
12/20/21
64bit version of WordSmith 8.0
Thank you for this, Mike! Merry, Merry Christmas!! Taylor On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:39:44 AM
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64bit version of WordSmith 8.0
Thank you for this, Mike! Merry, Merry Christmas!! Taylor On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:39:44 AM
12/20/21
Pauline Bureau
,
Mike Scott
6
11/23/21
issue with the "check consistency" function ?
I checked, but it is tricky to fix, Pauline. Afraid you will have to wait till I can fix it or
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issue with the "check consistency" function ?
I checked, but it is tricky to fix, Pauline. Afraid you will have to wait till I can fix it or
11/23/21
Pauline Bureau
,
Mike Scott
2
11/18/21
"failed to compute keyword list"
Hi Pauline I really don't know. Did you just get an error message stating that the procedure
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"failed to compute keyword list"
Hi Pauline I really don't know. Did you just get an error message stating that the procedure
11/18/21
Ana Flávia
,
Mike Scott
6
11/18/21
I'm not being able to use the toll Corcord
Ana, hi I don't think it is a bug -- if it was many many people would have raised this. You haven
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I'm not being able to use the toll Corcord
Ana, hi I don't think it is a bug -- if it was many many people would have raised this. You haven
11/18/21
Mike Scott
11/18/21
Apologies to new applicants
Not sure why, notifications of your requests to join stopped appearing in my email. I found 5
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Apologies to new applicants
Not sure why, notifications of your requests to join stopped appearing in my email. I found 5
11/18/21
Mike Scott
9/7/21
Why no news about WordSmith?
Why no news about WordSmith? Well, I am busy with a redesign. The enhanced 64bit version will have
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Why no news about WordSmith?
Why no news about WordSmith? Well, I am busy with a redesign. The enhanced 64bit version will have
9/7/21
Viola
,
Mike Scott
3
6/11/21
Download Parser
Thank you Mike, just saw this! Yes they keep changing everything all the time, it's so difficult
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Download Parser
Thank you Mike, just saw this! Yes they keep changing everything all the time, it's so difficult
6/11/21
rg...@holyfamily.edu
,
Mike Scott
4
4/15/21
Adjective noun pairs
I mean this sort of thing. FAINT LIGHT is in line 2 and appears again in line 3 which is centred on
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Adjective noun pairs
I mean this sort of thing. FAINT LIGHT is in line 2 and appears again in line 3 which is centred on
4/15/21
Roné Wierenga
,
Mike Scott
2
3/24/21
Source texts
Rone', hi 1. When you say "not responding", does that mean a message from Windows (
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Source texts
Rone', hi 1. When you say "not responding", does that mean a message from Windows (
3/24/21
Andy Lustig
,
Mike Scott
3
3/17/21
Words with apostrophes getting split
Thanks so much for the response! I will give it a shot. Thanks, Andy On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 5:
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Words with apostrophes getting split
Thanks so much for the response! I will give it a shot. Thanks, Andy On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 5:
3/17/21
Taylor
,
Mike Scott
11
3/12/21
Out of Memory error message
Many thanks, Mike! On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 6:09:45 AM UTC-8 mi...@lexically.net wrote: Version
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Out of Memory error message
Many thanks, Mike! On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 6:09:45 AM UTC-8 mi...@lexically.net wrote: Version
3/12/21
rg...@holyfamily.edu
,
Mike Scott
5
2/21/21
n-grams from tags
Actually I have WS 7, but please announce the 64 bit upgrade and I"ll get WS 8! On Sunday,
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n-grams from tags
Actually I have WS 7, but please announce the 64 bit upgrade and I"ll get WS 8! On Sunday,
2/21/21
awk...@gmail.com
,
Mike Scott
4
2/9/21
Reference corpora
What do you think about the academic portion of COCA? It's meant to be American English, but as
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Reference corpora
What do you think about the academic portion of COCA? It's meant to be American English, but as
2/9/21
rg...@holyfamily.edu
,
Mike Scott
3
2/3/21
hide tags in concordance list
That did it - thanks!!! On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 9:27:45 AM UTC-5 mi...@lexically.net wrote:
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hide tags in concordance list
That did it - thanks!!! On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 9:27:45 AM UTC-5 mi...@lexically.net wrote:
2/3/21
Roné Wierenga
,
Mike Scott
2
1/8/21
Collocation strength
Hi Rone' https://lexically.net/downloads/version8/HTML/collocationrelationship.html -- does that
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Collocation strength
Hi Rone' https://lexically.net/downloads/version8/HTML/collocationrelationship.html -- does that
1/8/21
najat najat
,
Mike Scott
4
1/7/21
Type token ratio.
Thanks, Najat Which version of WS is that, WS4 perhaps? My advice is to check the text format of your
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Type token ratio.
Thanks, Najat Which version of WS is that, WS4 perhaps? My advice is to check the text format of your
1/7/21
darb...@gmail.com
,
Mike Scott
10
1/4/21
Source text
I knew I must be missing something obvious. Thank you. Darby On Monday, 4 January 2021 at 18:09:41
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Source text
I knew I must be missing something obvious. Thank you. Darby On Monday, 4 January 2021 at 18:09:41
1/4/21
rg...@holyfamily.edu
,
Mike Scott
3
1/2/21
tag file
Hello Mike, You've always been very helpful, and thanks for the quick response! I've used
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tag file
Hello Mike, You've always been very helpful, and thanks for the quick response! I've used
1/2/21
Roné Wierenga
,
Mike Scott
2
12/18/20
Search strings
In Concord, choose a Context Word. Please see https://lexically.net/downloads/version8/HTML/
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Search strings
In Concord, choose a Context Word. Please see https://lexically.net/downloads/version8/HTML/
12/18/20
dmitry tulyakov
,
Mike Scott
7
10/23/20
File Splitter won't split
Good solution, Dmitriy! On Friday, 23 October 2020 at 10:23:35 UTC+1 cont...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mike
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File Splitter won't split
Good solution, Dmitriy! On Friday, 23 October 2020 at 10:23:35 UTC+1 cont...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mike
10/23/20
liusi...@gmail.com
,
Mike Scott
2
10/19/20
Fail to generate keyword list
Dear Carina KeyWords, after generating the key words, is concordancing the text files to identify
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Fail to generate keyword list
Dear Carina KeyWords, after generating the key words, is concordancing the text files to identify
10/19/20
Elisa Teixeira
,
Mike Scott
2
10/14/20
reference corpus WL for Portuguese
Elisa, hi Ideally you'd have a corpus of Portuguese and could build your own word list. If not,
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reference corpus WL for Portuguese
Elisa, hi Ideally you'd have a corpus of Portuguese and could build your own word list. If not,
10/14/20
Taylor
,
Mike Scott
4
10/11/20
KeyWords Database
Hi Mike, I set the Controller settings to factory. Then I saved the Corpora as wordlists again. I ran
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KeyWords Database
Hi Mike, I set the Controller settings to factory. Then I saved the Corpora as wordlists again. I ran
10/11/20
awk...@gmail.com
,
Mike Scott
5
10/2/20
Calculating coverage
Thanks for that suggestion, Mike. Looks like it needs to be a word list. I'm looking to do it for
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Calculating coverage
Thanks for that suggestion, Mike. Looks like it needs to be a word list. I'm looking to do it for
10/2/20
awk...@gmail.com
,
Mike Scott
12
10/1/20
KeyWords File Not Saving
Good! On Thursday, 1 October 2020 at 15:11:26 UTC+1 awk...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like I wasn't
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KeyWords File Not Saving
Good! On Thursday, 1 October 2020 at 15:11:26 UTC+1 awk...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like I wasn't
10/1/20