Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But you’re an endnote reader, so I’m guessing you already knew that!
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(S1 (S (CC But)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX 're)
(NP (DT an) (JJ endnote) (NN reader))))
(, ,) (CC so)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(VP (VBG guessing)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP you)) (ADVP (RB already))
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(NP (DT that)))))
(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ve been a longtime reader, first time asker.
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(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 've)
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ longtime) (NN reader)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ first) (NN time) (NN asker)))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
Smith was a slow reader and took about an hour to read and ponder the document, after which he approved it and asked me to take it to Harold Wilson.
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(S1 (S (NP (NNP Smith))
(VP (VP (AUX was)
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(CC and)
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(PP (IN about)
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(NP (DT the) (NN document)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (WHPP (IN after) (WHNP (WDT which)))
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(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP Harold) (NNP Wilson)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ve always been an avid reader and I loved to write, but I ran from it; what others said around me and what I said to myself was, “You can *n’t make any money writing.”
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(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 've) (ADVP (RB always))
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (DT an) (JJ avid) (NN reader)))))
(CC and)
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(VP (VBD loved)
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(VP (VB write)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD ran)
(PP (IN from)
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(: ;)
(S (SBAR (SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (NP (NNS others))
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(PP (TO to)
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(VP (VB make)
(NP (DT any) (NN money))
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(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I really took to the technology as I was not a big reader and was very busy.
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(NP (DT the) (NN technology)))
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(ADJP (RB very) (JJ busy))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Do they jive with my improv beliefs? (I neglected do this one time and it remains one of the worst mistakes of my improv career) You are a reader before you are a writer. – J. D.
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(NP (PRP they))
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(. .))))
(: -)
(NP (NNP J) (. .) (NNP D))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He is a challenging reader though, as he asks for definitions of words he doesn’t know (& sometimes we don’t know them either, this website is our friend).
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(NP (DT a) (JJ challenging) (NN reader)) (ADVP (RB though)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN as)
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(, ,)
(NP (DT this) (NN website))
(VP (VBZ is)
(NP (PRP$ our) (NN friend))))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
So, before this gets too convoluted, allow me to back up to the beginning (and forgive me if it sounds like a police report, considering that I’ve had to tell the same story to about 18 bajillion different insurance people, along with the police): On Thursday afternoon, I took my kids (6 year old boy and 3 year old girl, if you’re not a regular reader) out to run some errands.
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(S1 (S (IN So) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN before)
(S (NP (DT this))
(VP (VBZ gets)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ convoluted)))))
(, ,)
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(VP (VBZ sounds)
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(, ,)
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(, ,)
(PP (IN along)
(PP (IN with)
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(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(: :)
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(, ,)
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(, ,)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX 're) (RB not)
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(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(ADVP (RB out))
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(VP (VB run)
(NP (DT some) (NNS errands))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The next two things wont affect you if you are male, they might even embarrass you so I apologize if you’re a male reader.
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(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (JJ next) (CD two) (NNS things))
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(VP (VB affect)
(NP (PRP you))
(SBAR (IN if)
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(ADJP (JJ male))))
(, ,)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD might) (ADVP (RB even))
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(NP (PRP you)))))
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(VP (AUX 're)
(NP (DT a) (JJ male) (NN reader)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you’re not a reader, you should be.
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(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX 're) (RB not)
(NP (DT a) (NN reader)))))
(, ,)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you are a regular reader you know that I slipped on the cruise ship in Russia and landed hard on the stair edge.
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(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I have always been an avid reader and have always loved to curl up with a good book and a cup of java.
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(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (AUX have) (ADVP (RB always))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you are a reader, keep reading, and come and join a lively and informative discussion.
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(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (DT a) (NN reader)))))
(, ,)
(VP (VP (VB keep)
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(, ,) (CC and)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you are a reader and have not yet commented, please feel free to add to the conversation.
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(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
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(CC and)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ve been a fanfic reader since I was able to read in english.
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(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 've)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
On the other hand, if I don’t show them to you at all, the chances of your seeing them are even slimmer (unless you are already a faithful Economist reader, in which case you may skip this entire post at your discretion).
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(S1 (S (PP (IN On)
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(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you’re a reader, you can win a signed copy of each of my books, Dedication, The Rules of Gentility, and Forbidden Shores (the last written as Jane Lockwood).
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(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (PRP you))
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(, ,)
(NP (PRP you))
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(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
MLC: If I was always on the path, I didn’t know it until I started writing at the age of twelve, although of course the fact that I’d been an avid reader since the age of four prepared me for a writing career.
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(S1 (FRAG (NP (NNP MLC)) (: :)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you’re a reader, I’m asking you to take a moment and hit the paypal link.
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(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (PRP you))
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(NP (DT a) (NN reader)))))
(, ,)
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(NP (DT a) (NN moment)))
(CC and)
(VP (VB hit)
(NP (DT the) (JJ paypal) (NN link)))))
(. .)))
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