Talk:preliminarly

RFV discussion: January–February 2020
Looks like something that only show up because of typos. Dylanvt (talk) 01:32, 31 January 2020 (UTC)


 * And to restore the i-balance disturbed by . :) --Lambiam 07:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * cited. In order to rule out typos, I limited myself to texts that use the word multiple times and consistently spell it "preliminarly". Kiwima (talk) 06:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Comparing the cite from the Federal Register with this one should make clear the first is a typo. For the other two, I think it is a misspelling; note that the authors are not native English speakers. --Lambiam 12:57, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I have changed it from an alternate form to a misspelling, but it seems a pretty common misspelling. Kiwima (talk) 20:03, 1 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Judging by Ngrams this was, at its peak (applying no smoothing), in the vicinity of [//books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%28preliminarly*50%29%2Cpreliminarily&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=0&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%28preliminarly%20%2A%2050%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cpreliminarily%3B%2Cc0 1/50th] as common as the usual spelling, though applying a lot of smoothing to look at broader trends, only [//books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%28preliminarly*65%29%2Cpreliminarily&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=20&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%28preliminarly%20%2A%2065%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cpreliminarily%3B%2Cc0 1/65th] or so as common. As Kiwima says, that does seem rather common, all things considered, although I am sympathetic to the point of view that many uses seem to be typos. But it seems common enough to keep as a misspelling. If the misspelling is chiefly used by non-native speakers, btw, it could also be categorized into Category:Non-native speakers' English, but if it also occurs a lot in native speakers' writing, then just labelling it a misspelling is sufficient. - -sche (discuss) 20:28, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 21:59, 11 February 2020 (UTC)