On Decrease of Predication 11 



The entries in the following columns are the averages, pre- 

 dicational and simple-sentence respectively, of the consecutive 

 tliousands. The footings are the averages by five thousands. 



2.34 34 2.31 33 2.36 33 2.33 34 



The following are the averages of the consecutive thousands 

 as before. The footings are the averages by ten thousands. 



2.28 37 2.42 31 2.35 33 2.35 33 



2.29 38 2.34 35 2.33 32 2.35 32 

 2.24 37 2.12 39 2.31 .30 2.31 .34 

 2.22 36 2.40 33 2.34 32 2.47 31 

 2.12 41 2.17 .37 2.39 31 2.30 35 



2.17 35 2.18 37 2.28 35 2.30 35 



2.30 34 2.37 34 2.39 30 2.32 34 



2.18 34 2.53 31 2.13 37 2.37 34 



2.31 34 2.36 33 2.55 28 2.38 34 

 2.24 37 2.26 33 2.19 37 2.31 35 



2.24 36 2.32 34 2.33 33 2..35 34 



Average of predications per sentence, 40,000 periods, 2.30. 



Simple sentences per hundred through the 40,000 periods, thirty-four. 



27 



