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How 'holp' became 'helped'

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Studies link frequency of word use to how fast words evolve.

The less often a word is said, the faster it will change over time, whereas more-often uttered words are resistant to change. In this week?s Nature, two groups publish analyses of this trend, which quantify it and compare it with biological evolution.

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Marris, E. How 'holp' became 'helped'. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.152

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