Welcome to the fourth round of The Journaly Guessing Game!
Our today's user X is a very prolific author. The numbers in the following list speak by themselves.
The author's fingers type as s/he sleeps. Otherwise, I can't explain how they've been able to publish so frequently and consistently during the whole year. The writing is directly recognizable through its style, tone and structure. The content is an enjoyable mixture of advice, wisdom and humor. You can count on being able to read one of the author's freshly published posts at breakfast, next to your steaming cup of coffee.
Here is the list of the 200 most used English words in decreasing order of word count:
1933 the
1827 to
1378 a
1201 I
1145 you
1004 and
1000 that
978 of
904 in
895 is
873 it
820 s
739 this
715 for
480 are
407 on
407 t
405 be
384 with
365 It
348 The
325 have
317 can
316 was
309 like
308 or
298 reading
298 your
256 because
255 not
254 about
253 by
253 if
246 when
234 they
231 from
227 In
221 Hi
220 he
219 an
218 my
218 there
217 would
213 Thanks
210 but
208 think
206 so
205 post
201 That
198 time
195 language
192 what
190 we
189 as
188 all
188 might
186 know
184 at
184 me
182 _r____
176 one
175 will
173 do
170 them
169 order
165 don
165 way
163 You
158 So
156 more
154 other
151 want
150 example
150 make
149 English
146 ll
146 up
145 his
144 say
135 people
132 which
131 Today
131 learning
131 who
129 everyone
126 d
124 He
123 very
119 use
118 their
115 ve
111 get
110 some
109 lot
108 something
104 out
101 could
98 two
97 see
96 For
96 him
95 how
93 They
93 her
92 has
91 What
91 first
90 good
90 m
88 take
88 talk
88 words
87 new
85 even
84 person
81 someone
81 these
81 why
80 There
80 learn
79 fact
79 made
77 expression
77 means
77 used
75 entry
74 than
74 were
73 hope
73 too
73 try
72 When
72 another
72 explain
72 had
72 many
72 same
72 she
72 understand
71 well
70 This
70 should
70 song
69 To
68 We
68 find
67 look
67 only
65 re
64 little
64 need
63 Anyway
63 just
62 day
62 love
62 most
62 share
62 thanks
61 didn
61 important
61 mean
61 write
60 feel
60 may
60 probably
59 able
59 each
58 If
58 go
58 work
55 different
55 skills
54 big
54 really
53 also
53 content
53 right
53 video
53 where
52 However
51 help
51 tell
51 watch
50 better
50 idiom
50 much
50 series
49 before
49 into
49 kind
49 own
49 several
48 Let
48 give
48 picture
48 things
47 come
47 found
47 goal
47 yourself
Who is this Journaly rock star?
To give you a better taste for the general context, here's a visual representation of the user's English vocabulary evolution since the beginning of the year:
The amount of total unique words is absolutely amazing (almost 6,000). As one can see, there's an almost constant increase in the amount of new words appearing in every post (the graph is mostly a line). And there's a huge amount of posts. From September on, one can see a change in the behaviour of the data, which is due to the user writing in an additional language from then on. You can also perceive how the granularity of the data increases, meaning the user writes fewer posts per second.
An estimated evolution of the user's vocabulary knowledge, based on the available amount of data, looks like this:
This graph is an interpretation of the previous one and therefore quite subjective, or better said, oversimplified. User X obviously didn't "guess" what they were writing. You should understand the orange line ("guessed") as an indicator of "words that weren't written too many times". Repeating words in your writing is understood here as "learning" or "knowing" them, which is what the purple and blue curves clearly show.
This one was way harder! I like the graphs, it's really cool to see how the known words increasing rapidly at a certain point!
Yeah 😎. It's just amazing to see how writing on Journaly helps improving your vocabulary and, in general, language level. User X is the best example of that during 2021. It's just insane how many different/unique words they've written so far. Every post delives approximately a constant amount of new words, which is just crazy. It's like a permanently running fountain of new words xD. I assure you that the graph for any other user looks much more granular. For example, here's mine for German, and this is my vocabulary knowledge. As you can notice, it's not as ideal as user X's (far from it!). In my case, there are no "guessed" words, since my self-assessed level of German is "advanced", which changes the way my program qualifies the number of word occurrences in Journaly posts. Of course, the graphs just have the Journaly posts as input. In my case, I've used my own computer program to enter, track, and maintain a much higher amount of vocabulary than the words in my own Journaly posts. The real data is this: vocabulary evolution VS. vocabulary knowledge.
They didn't only use / learn a ton of new words this year, their overall writing also has improved a lot, especially during the first few months :) This achievement is so impressive, but also motivating to keep going.
Wow! What a nice presentation of data! I really like those graphs!
I knew about whom you were talking after reading the beginning of the third paragraph 😏
Thanks, Linda! I'm very fond of the graphs 😊.
Yes, of course, alone the amount of activity is already a very clear indicator :D.
Well, I think I have a good guess. I'll see in the solution tomorrow. @Eduard: To document a learning history this graphs are really useful.
I forgot to uncover yesterday's author X. It's obviously the Journaly editing monster https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51f%2BXbf7ctL.__AC_SX300_SY300_QL70_ML2_.jpg
Cloudy: Good luck with your guess :D. Thanks! Yes, I find them not just very informative but quite motivating as well.
Hahahahahahaha, I just saw the image. Nice! Coco was my favorite dog and I'm her Pop, hence the name))
I like the designation of Editing Monster; monsters have no conscience, and when it comes to editing, I don't either. But there are reasons for this: (1) I'm a professional editor and once I start reading something (even away from Journaly), I immediately edit. It's what I do. (2) When I was learning Russian, natives were too "polite" to edit my writing or correct my speech... and it drove me crazy! Consequently, I find myself giving the same edits I'd want to receive. So I edit everything, gústele a quien le guste y pésele a quien le pese. We're all here to learn, no?)))
:D That's why I chose my words wisely, Uly.
That you did!))))
You were correct in your guess. This post was very fun for me to read. Although I must admit I have no idea who User X is.