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Isogloss map for 'they'
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'they' occurrences per year
Year |
Occurences normalised per million |
Total occurrences |
2000 |
1,924.09 |
110 |
2001 |
4,886.27 |
374 |
2002 |
4,360.97 |
329 |
2003 |
2,876.02 |
430 |
2004 |
3,572.55 |
376 |
2005 |
2,427.11 |
165 |
2006 |
3,863.24 |
333 |
2007 |
3,701.30 |
342 |
2008 |
3,766.77 |
296 |
2009 |
2,605.06 |
212 |
2010 |
6,478.86 |
761 |
2011 |
6,460.95 |
938 |
2012 |
4,940.28 |
661 |
2013 |
5,482.32 |
408 |
2014 |
4,651.03 |
800 |
2015 |
3,211.88 |
418 |
2016 |
3,978.78 |
606 |
2017 |
5,307.99 |
772 |
2018 |
4,083.78 |
318 |
2019 |
4,322.21 |
416 |
2020 |
3,732.64 |
1,191 |
2021 |
4,028.78 |
1,894 |
2022 |
3,041.15 |
615 |
2023 |
4,809.94 |
433 |
2024 |
7,178.65 |
53 |
'they' overall change in the 21st century
Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
4,204.78
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
4,090.32