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Then the usage scores for all of the lexical items in the
questioned email were compared. The scores for some items
showed little difference in usage, but the relative frequencies of
others were markedly different. Table 6 below shows first the
items that were used only or more frequently by Widdowson
(indicated in bold), then the Goggin items. It will be evident that
there are many more distinctively Widdowson items in the list,
and it becomes clear that the questioned email was composed
using many more Widdowson than Goggin items.