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Pauline Bureau, Mike Scott6

Nov 23

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

Nov 23

Pauline Bureau, Mike Scott2

Nov 18

"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

Nov 18

Ana Flávia, Mike Scott6

Nov 18

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

Nov 18

Nov 18

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

Nov 18

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

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