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A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick

First Word Frequency

These tables show facts and information in regards to the frequency of the first 1, 2, 3, and 5 words throughout the text.

Longest First Words

These are the longest words from lists that include words with hyphens or exclude words with hyphens.

Includes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
Misrepresentation 17 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Eventually--this 16 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 15 NNS noun plural (desks)
_Mubble-mubble_ 15 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
Left-handedness 15 JJ adjective (large)

Excludes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
Misrepresentation 17 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 15 NNS noun plural (desks)
Metaphorically 14 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Postlethwaite 13 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Concentrating 13 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)

Top 10 First Words

What follows are tables that feature the most frequent proper nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.

Proper Nouns

1st Word: Proper Noun Count
No 47
Yes 38
Barris 37
Okay 35
I'll 29
Arctor 28
Donna 22
Fred 22
I'm 20
Well 20

Pronouns

1st Word: Pronoun Count
I 143
He 109
You 84
They 44
It 33
We 19
She 15
My 10
Your 7
His 7

Adjectives

1st Word: Adjective Count
Most 3
split-brain 2
Copyright 1
_Ring-ring 1
Better 1
Free 1
Many 1
perfect 1
separate 1
synthetic 1

Adverbs

1st Word: Adverb Count
Well 17
Not 14
Maybe 13
Then 11
Now 10
So 10
Again 7
Probably 5
Kimberly 5
Once 4

Verbs

1st Word: Verb Count
Do 15
Is 7
Have 6
Are 6
Opening 4
Seated 3
Reaching 3
Take 3
Having 2
That's 2

First Words

The first word frequency table that follows includes stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide overall word choice percentages.

First Words Part of Speech Part of Speech Definition Count Percentage

First 2 Words

What follows are first word combinations that include stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide on sentence start word choice.

First 2 Words Count Percentage

First 3 Words

What follows are first word combinations that include stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide on sentence start word choice.

First 3 Words Count Percentage

First 5 Words

What follows are first word combinations that include stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide on sentence start word choice.

First 5 Words Count Percentage