Ngram Viewer

Graph these case-sensitive comma-separated phrases:

between and from the corpus with smoothing of .

Note: the Ngram Viewer treats quotation marks literally.
Replaced I'd rather with I ' d rather to match how we processed the books.
Replaced I'd prefer with I ' d prefer to match how we processed the books.

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1700 - 1909 1910 - 1982 1983 - 1988 1989 - 1994 1995 - 2000 I'd prefer English

1700 - 1846 1847 - 1932 1933 - 1942 1943 - 1985 1986 - 2000 I'd rather English

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1700 - 1909	1910 - 1982	1983 - 1988	1989 - 1994	1995 - 2000	I'd prefer	English
1700 - 1846	1847 - 1932	1933 - 1942	1943 - 1985	1986 - 2000	I'd rather	English