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Overview

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The list below shows articles which contain repeated common words. It was generated on 8th June 2005 from the 16th May 2005 database dump.

Preamble

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It is very easy to accidentally repeat certain words in English, particular prepositions like 'the' and 'of'. While there may be a good reason for for the articles below to contain such repeated words, it's likely that it's a mistake. Edit and correct the articles.

Regenerating this report

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This report is generated from a Link Analysis Database using the SQL:

SELECT concat( '*[[', art_title, ']]' )
FROM art
where art_text REGEXP '[[:<:]]the the[[:>:]]'
order by art_title;

The above only searches for repeated the's - replace "the the" with "but but" or whatever else you want to check for.


Suggested improvements

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  • Many more common word combinations to check - do these each need their own list? - TB 09:45, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)
  • Repeated words usefully checked for previously have been:
    • the - last checked May 2005
    • and - last checked June 2004
    • but - last checked June 2004
    • for - last checked June 2004
    • he - last checked June 2004
    • in - last checked June 2004
    • is - last checked June 2004
    • it - last checked June 2004
    • of - last checked June 2004
    • to - last checked June 2004
    • a - last checked June 2004

List

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List removed, hideously out of date. - TB 17:58, 31 December 2005 (UTC)