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The word 'impruive'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
impruiveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6126
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of impruive in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ir, smaw biggars wes neded ti impruive the diveidwal flets an
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
kin ainly impruive the ootpit on page 17

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
l bigs upon that wirk fur tae impruive forder its representation in on page 4
ae Bòrd na Gàidhlig's wirk, impruive accoontabilitie and help tae on page 12
ant and meisurable action tae impruive and strenthen the poseetion o on page 13
thegither, the Bill seeks tae impruive local authorities' focus on t on page 29
strategie and staunerts wull impruive whit parents can "expect in t on page 52

5 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hes o ballants and sangs tae "impruive" or "correck" whit they had t on page 69

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ka effort for tae owercome an impruive whaur a gien issue is fun tae
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Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
ts Leids Bill that ettles tae impruive the support fur baith Gaelic
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e sort oot online classes tae impruive an lairn mair o the grammar a(2020)

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