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diff --git a/en/README_en_GB.txt b/en/README_en_GB.txt index f6ad0d7..821acd0 100644 --- a/en/README_en_GB.txt +++ b/en/README_en_GB.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This dictionary was initially based on a subset of the +This dictionary was initially based on a subset of the original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for Pspell and Aspell, and thus is covered by his original LGPL licence. @@ -91,23 +91,21 @@ OOo Issue 63541 — remove *dessicated 2018-05-01: — Andrew Ziem suggested a list of 328 names of famous people on Kevin's GitHub: - "These 328 name tokens were derived from the top 100 lists in Google Trends via + “These 328 name tokens were derived from the top 100 lists in Google Trends via this repository (https://github.com/az0/google-trend-names). The geography was - set to US, and it spanned dates from 2004 to 2018." + set to US, and it spanned dates from 2004 to 2018.” 2018-08-01: — Slightly higher quality icon - — Added tons of drugs names supplied by the user Andrew Ziem on Kevin's GitHub - — Fixed/improved flag "5": "women's" was missing + — Added tons of drug names supplied by the user Andrew Ziem on Kevin's GitHub + — Fixed/improved flag “5”: “women's” was missing -2018-06-01 -to -2018-09-01: +2018-06-01+: — Added places from New Zealand/UK (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland): On V2.61–2.64 I included tons of place names. My scientist friend, Peter McGavin, told me that in NZ they use British, so I decided - to do something about it. I did the same for UK. I searched on Wikipedia for "towns", - "counties", "villages", "boroughs", "suburbs", etc. and based me on: + to do something about it. I did the same for the UK. I searched on Wikipedia for “towns”, + “counties”, “villages”, “boroughs”, “suburbs”, etc. and based me on: — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_England; — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_New_Zealand; — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_England; @@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ to — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland; — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suburbs_in_New_Zealand; — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Church_of_Scotland_parishes. - Also, added places sent to me by Peter C.: + Furthermore, added places sent to me by Peter C.: © OpenStreetMap contributors: www.openstreetmap.org/copyright. © The Clergy of the Church of England Database Project, 2005. @@ -127,41 +125,39 @@ to — Added the cities from Australia by population: — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population — Added tons of cities from the US with a 10 000+ population. - This list was supplied by Michael Holroyd on Kevin Atkinson's GitHub. + This list was supplied by Michael Holroyd on Kevin Atkinson's GitHub. — Added tons of possessives to nouns, thanks to Jörg Knobloch. 2018-12-01: — Added the cities from Canada: — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Canada 2019-02-01: - — Improved flag "5" thanks to the GitHub user Ding-adong: - Some "swomen's" and "women's" entries were missing. - — Fixed flag "3": -ists, -ists, -ist's → -ist, -ists, -ist's. - — Improved flag "N". + — Improved flag “5” thanks to the GitHub user Ding-adong: + Some “swomen's” and “women 's” entries were missing. + — Fixed flag “3”: -ists, -ists, -ist's → -ist, -ists, -ist's. + — Improved flag “N”. 2019-03-01: — Added the LGPL_V3 License .txt into the Extension. - — Ding-adong added a flag "=" for suffixes: -lessness, -lessnesses, -lessness's. - — Ding-adong changed the prefix flag "O" to "^" since "O" was both prefix and suffix. - — Small fixes and enhancements on flags "z" and "O" by Ding-adong. + — Ding-adong added a flag “=” for suffixes: -lessness, -lessnesses, -lessness's. + — Ding-adong changed the prefix flag “O” to “^” since “O” was both prefix and suffix. + — Small fixes and enhancements on flags “z” and “O” by Ding-adong. 2019-04-01: - — Improved flag "P" thanks to Ding-adong, giving also -nesses which + — Improved flag “P” thanks to Ding-adong, giving also -nesses which increased the wordlist in ~1800 valid words. -2019-07-01 -to -2019-10-01: - — Major cleanup of the .dic by removing thousands of duplicates, merging flags, adding +2019-07-01+: + — Major clean-up of the .dic by removing thousands of duplicates, merging flags, adding possessives and plurals. - — Improved flags: "i", "n", "N", "O", "W", "Z", "2" and "3": - — Flag "2" increased the wordlist in ~400 valid words; - — Flag "i" increased the wordlist in ~200 valid words; - — Flag "n" increased the wordlist in ~1000 valid words. + — Improved flags: “i”, “n”, “N”, “O”, “W”, “Z”, “2” and “3”: + — Flag “2” increased the wordlist in ~400 valid words; + — Flag “i” increased the wordlist in ~200 valid words; + — Flag “n” increased the wordlist in ~1000 valid words. 2019-11-01+: — Added thousands of possessives and plurals. - — Improved flags: "1", "3", "N", "O", "W". + — Improved flags: “1”, “3”, “N”, “O”, “W”. 2020-11-01: — Added the State and union territory capitals in India: @@ -171,15 +167,35 @@ to — Sorted alphabetically the tags of the .aff, so the order of words in the wordlist changed. 2023-02-02: - — Added flag "~" for "ish" ending words. - — Improved flag "J" ("ings" → "ing's" and "ings"), increasing the wordlist in ~490 valid words. + — Added flag “~” for “ish” ending words. + — Improved flag “J” (“ings” → “ing's” and “ings”), increasing the wordlist in ~490 valid words. 2023-02-14: - — Improved flag "W". + — Improved flag “W”. 2023-03-01: - — Removed most of the possessives of plurals ending with "s". + — Removed most of the possessives of plurals ending with “s”. +2023-05-07: + — Improved flag “O”. + +2023-05-17: + — Improved flag “W”. + +2023-05-23: + — Improved flag “J”. + +2023-09-03: + — Improved flag “N”, increasing the wordlist in 596 valid words. + +2023-10-03: + — Improved flag “q”, increasing the wordlist in 126 valid words. + +2023-10-07: + — Improved flag “-”, increasing the wordlist in 128 valid words. + +2023-10-26: + — Improved flag “J”, increasing the wordlist in 70 valid words. ------- MARCO A.G.PINTO: @@ -215,9 +231,9 @@ https://proofingtoolgui.org FAQ: https://proofingtoolgui.org/faq.html -FAQ ("movie", "automobile", "airplane", "hardcover" and "bookstore"): +FAQ (“movie”, “automobile”, “airplane”, “hardcover” and “bookstore”): https://proofingtoolgui.org/faq.html#7 -Notice: Due to complaints, "movie" was added on V2.57 since it is a widely used word. +Notice: Due to complaints, “movie” was added on V2.57 since it is a widely used word. Changelog: https://proofingtoolgui.org/en_GB_CHANGES.txt |