H5. Share of weak verbs such as "was" and "had". Count
Prose style. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.0% of all words. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.1% of all words. |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.9% of all words. |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.0% of all words. |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.9% of all words. |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.2% of all words. |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.3% of all words. |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.9% of all words. |
| Persuasion | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.2% of all words. |
| Emma | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.9% of all words. |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.3% of all words. |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.8% of all words. |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.3% of all words. |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.7% of all words. |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.0% of all words. |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.7% of all words. |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.0% of all words. |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.9% of all words. |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.0% of all words. |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.4% of all words. |
| Great Expectations | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.0% of all words. |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.9% of all words. |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.3% of all words. |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.7% of all words. |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.0% of all words. |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.1% of all words. |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.8% of all words. |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.2% of all words. |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.3% of all words. |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.1% of all words. |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| North and South | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.5% of all words. |
| The Sheik | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.4% of all words. |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.7% of all words. |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.7% of all words. |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.1% of all words. |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.7% of all words. |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.2% of all words. |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| Herland | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.0% of all words. |
| Flatland | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.8% of all words. |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.2% of all words. |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.2% of all words. |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.6% of all words. |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.5% of all words. |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.0% of all words. |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.3% of all words. |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.3% of all words. |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.7% of all words. |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.0% of all words. |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.1% of all words. |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.2% of all words. |
| Middlemarch | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.9% of all words. |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.2% of all words. |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 4.0% of all words. |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.1% of all words. |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.5% of all words. |
| Silas Marner | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.6% of all words. |
| Hamlet | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.0% of all words. |
| Macbeth | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.1% of all words. |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.0% of all words. |
| Othello | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.0% of all words. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 1.9% of all words. |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.0% of all words. |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.0% of all words. |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.6% of all words. |
| A Doll's House | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 3.4% of all words. |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.5% of all words. |
| Pygmalion | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.1% of all words. |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | 'Was', 'were', 'had', 'is' and 'are' make up 2.4% of all words. |
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