At last! By sheer coincidence, as of today, the tools to find the real and true answer to this question are available to us! Yippee!
And here it is:
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?c...=0&smoothing=3
Clicking that link will lead to true enlightenment. Actual usage! And best of all, it works for any word, or combination of words!
Thanks,
Bill
(ps. You can have the absolute most fun by going to thesaurus.com and typing in your favorite word. The returned lists are given, separated by commas. Just copy the whole list, go back to the link, paste in the terms, and hit enter! All your questions have answers!
