Semicolon Usage in British Literature Drops Nearly 50% Since . . . Semicolon usage in British literature has declined from once every 205 words in 2000 to once every 390 words today, representing a nearly 50% drop, according to analysis commissioned by language learning company Babbel The punctuation mark appeared once every 90 words in British literature from 1781, making the current frequency the lowest on
Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their . . . In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every 90 words; by 2000, it had fallen to one every 205 words semicolon use in English rose by 388% between 1800 and 2006, before
BRITISH LITERATURE 1950-PRESENT | The Department of English . . . The class on post-war British literature focuses on fiction written since the end of the Cold War, with a particular emphasis on the twenty-first century Lectures are structured around the theme of “Britain and its Belongings,” with three main historical and thematic emphases
What Is British Literature Now? (Chapter 20) - The Nation in . . . Drawing on the diverse perspectives of major literary voices, this chapter will question the purpose and value of British literature in a divided cultural landscape and consider whether writers are anticipating the disintegration of the United Kingdom or seeking ways of reimagining a national structure of feeling
Evolution of the most common English words and phrases over . . . The question ‘Which are the most common words and phrases of the English language?’ alone has a certain appeal, especially if one is able to use digitized data from millions of books dating as far back as the early sixteenth century to answer it
Late Modern English (c. 1800 - Present) - History of English Late Modern English accumulated many more words as a result of two main historical factors: the Industrial Revolution, which necessitated new words for things and ideas that had not previously existed; and the rise of the British Empire, during which time English adopted many foreign words and made them its own