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Sep 7

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

Sep 7

Viola, Mike Scott3

Jun 11

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

Jun 11

rg...@holyfamily.edu, Mike Scott4

Apr 15

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

Apr 15

Roné Wierenga, Mike Scott2

Mar 24

Rone', hi 1. When you say "not responding", does that mean a message from Windows (

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Rone', hi 1. When you say "not responding", does that mean a message from Windows (

Mar 24

Andy Lustig, Mike Scott3

Mar 17

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:

Mar 17

Taylor, Mike Scott11

Mar 12

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

Mar 12

rg...@holyfamily.edu, Mike Scott5

Feb 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,

Feb 21

awk...@gmail.com, Mike Scott4

Feb 9

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

Feb 9

rg...@holyfamily.edu, Mike Scott3

Feb 3

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:

Feb 3

Roné Wierenga, Mike Scott2

Jan 8

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

Jan 8

najat najat, Mike Scott4

Jan 7

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

Jan 7

darb...@gmail.com, Mike Scott10

Jan 4

I knew I must be missing something obvious. Thank you. Darby On Monday, 4 January 2021 at 18:09:41

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I knew I must be missing something obvious. Thank you. Darby On Monday, 4 January 2021 at 18:09:41

Jan 4

rg...@holyfamily.edu, Mike Scott3

Jan 2

Hello Mike, You've always been very helpful, and thanks for the quick response! I've used

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Hello Mike, You've always been very helpful, and thanks for the quick response! I've used

Jan 2

Roné Wierenga, Mike Scott2

12/18/20

In Concord, choose a Context Word. Please see https://lexically.net/downloads/version8/HTML/

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In Concord, choose a Context Word. Please see https://lexically.net/downloads/version8/HTML/

12/18/20

dmitry tulyakov, Mike Scott7

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 Scott2

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 Scott2

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 Scott4

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 Scott5

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 Scott12

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

giancarl...@alice.it, Mike Scott2

9/27/20

I have replied to your personal email. Cheers-- Mike On Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 14:43:36 UTC+1

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I have replied to your personal email. Cheers-- Mike On Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 14:43:36 UTC+1

9/27/20

Mykhaylo Syzonenko, Mike Scott2

9/27/20

Lemma file export: misplaced commas (low priority)

Hi Mike I fixed this and uploaded, but a few days ago Google groups was giving an error message when

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Lemma file export: misplaced commas (low priority)

Hi Mike I fixed this and uploaded, but a few days ago Google groups was giving an error message when

9/27/20

9/16/20

WordSmith Tools with Mike Scott (Real-time WS consulting session)

Dear all For those who are interested in WordSmith Tools, please join a real-time WS consulting

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WordSmith Tools with Mike Scott (Real-time WS consulting session)

Dear all For those who are interested in WordSmith Tools, please join a real-time WS consulting

9/16/20

9/3/20

Zoom consultation slot

Thursday 10 Sept, 2pm UK time . Email me if interested, mike at lexically dot net Cheers!

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Zoom consultation slot

Thursday 10 Sept, 2pm UK time . Email me if interested, mike at lexically dot net Cheers!

9/3/20

Mykhaylo Syzonenko, … Mike Scott18

8/31/20

August updates: weird behaviour

Hi Mike, Terrific job – thank you! I've never seen a lemma list upload so fast! One tiny

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August updates: weird behaviour

Hi Mike, Terrific job – thank you! I've never seen a lemma list upload so fast! One tiny

8/31/20

Roné Wierenga, Mike Scott2

8/4/20

version 6 expired

Hi Roné I have been using Wordsmith Tools Version 6 for the past two years. My institution provided

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version 6 expired

Hi Roné I have been using Wordsmith Tools Version 6 for the past two years. My institution provided

8/4/20

Giancarlo Breschi, Mike Scott4

8/3/20

That's right. You still need to re-register because there was a change of disk. Write to me (mike

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That's right. You still need to re-register because there was a change of disk. Write to me (mike

8/3/20

Darby McGrath, Mike Scott7

5/23/20

Error when attempting to export to Excel

All fixed now. Please see the change log at https://www.lexically.net/wordsmith/version8/changelog8.

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Error when attempting to export to Excel

All fixed now. Please see the change log at https://www.lexically.net/wordsmith/version8/changelog8.

5/23/20

Wai Ling, … Thomas Wolsey7

5/7/20

Tokens in text and tokens used for word list

Hi Mike, Yes, they are always reversed. I thought it odd, but now I think it's even weirder. I

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Tokens in text and tokens used for word list

Hi Mike, Yes, they are always reversed. I thought it odd, but now I think it's even weirder. I

5/7/20

E. Dimitris Kitis, Mike Scott3

5/3/20

lemmatisation and re-computing keyness

Hi, I hadn't thought about that. Thank you!

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lemmatisation and re-computing keyness

Hi, I hadn't thought about that. Thank you!

5/3/20

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