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Compare Words

a) <iframe name="ngram_chart" src="https://books.google.com/ngrams/interactive_chart?content=stupid%2Cidiot%2Cfool%2Cdumb&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cstupid%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cidiot%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfool%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cdumb%3B%2Cc0" width=900 height=500 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe>

b) The "code" I used is "stupid,idiot,fool,dumb" into the search bar. The graph shows the usages of 4 words that all have very similar meaning to it. The graph also shows that when one of the word is being used less frequently, all the words also seems to be used less frequently as well.

c) There doesn't seem to be anything unexpected that is driving the differences.

d) My guess is that the decrease of the words being used is related to world war 2. The year the graph starts to show a dip conflicts with world war 2 and starts to bounce back up after the war ended.

Wildcard Search

b) The "code" I used is "you can make a *" into the search bar. The graph shows the most common word following the phrase "you can make a". The graph also shows that the phrase "you can make a difference" was hardly ever used till 1970s.

c) There seems to be a lot of books about environmental issues that is associated with the phrase "you can make a difference".

d) The rise of the phrase "you can make a difference" seems to have a correlation with people being aware of environmental issues as before 1960s, many people cared so little about environmental issues. I also think people started to encourage other people to do something and help for the cause.

Inflection Search

a) <iframe name="ngram_chart" src="https://books.google.com/ngrams/interactive_chart?content=make_INF&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t3%3B%2Cmake_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmade%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bmake%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bmaking%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bmakes%3B%2Cc0" width=900 height=500 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe>

b) Searched for make_INF. The graph shows the decline of usage of "made" while other words remain relatively the same.

c) Nothing in particular

d) Nothing in particular

Search for a word using Part-of-Speech tags

a) <iframe name="ngram_chart" src="https://books.google.com/ngrams/interactive_chart?content=walk_NOUN%2C+walk_VERB&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cwalk_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cwalk_VERB%3B%2Cc0" width=900 height=500 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe>

b) Searched for "walk_NOUN,walk_VERB". walk_VERB seems to be used more often than walk_NOUN.

c) Nothing in particular

d) Nothing in particular

Parts of Speech

a) <iframe name="ngram_chart" src="https://books.google.com/ngrams/interactive_chart?content=*_NOUN&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t2%3B%2C%2A_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Btime_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bman_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bmen_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bpart_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Blife_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Byears_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bpeople_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGod_NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMr._NOUN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bday_NOUN%3B%2Cc0" width=900 height=500 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe>

b) Searched for *_NOUN. Seems like time is used the most. God seems to have declined in its use by a large margin since 1850.