Re: Is the word "improval" correct?

[Dr. Jai Maharaj]

In article <4enblk$v...@polaris.inta.es>,
ure...@inta.es (Alvaro Urech) posted:
>
> Is the word "improval" correct?
>
> I am not a native English speaker, although I have lived for some
> time in the U.S.
> The other day I was checking the English of a paper for a friend
> of mine and he used the word "improvement". I changed it to "improval".
> We got into an argument about this and finally went to a dictionary where, to
> my surprise, the word "improval" didn't appear. I was sure the correct word
> was "improval" and I've always used it.
> Have I always been mistaken or is this word correct, even if it's not
> in the dictionary?
> Any comment would be appreciated, TIA
> Alvaro Urech
>
> ur...@inta.es

Yes "improval" is a correct word. You can find it used in
this book:

Complexity and Artificial Markets - Google Books

https://books.google.com/books?id=VYilNhPKZHsC&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=improval&source=bl&ots=oD1Kq21jCO&sig=Y3JqFOrfmS1x6UqyGA9X1O-58jk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjapZboifzRAhVEE7wKHRKZA3g4KBDoAQhNMAk#v=onepage&q=improval&f=false

And you can find it here:

http://www.dnnsoftware.com/forums/threadid/406410/scope/posts/wcag-v1-validation-dnn-common-issue-accessibility-improval

And in this book:

Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic
Formations - Results ... - Google Books

https://books.google.com/books?id=jdF7DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=improval&source=bl&ots=WP0PqlnKdA&sig=tRuEAnR84YuD02R_VU-R-KdVeGg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiStNGFi_zRAhWJVbwKHX0KBxM4MhDoAQgcMAE#v=onepage&q=improval&f=false

Just search for it on the web.

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