Usage History of 'preterite'

The following chart shows how frequently 'preterite' appeared in printed materials over time. For example, the word 'preterite' occurred 2 times in books in 1705 and 6,748 times in 2008. From 1705 to 2008, the word 'preterite' was used a total of 238,718 times in books scanned by Google. See Reference: Google Ngram project.

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