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Using Passchendaele

  • In the example corpus, passchendaele often appears in combinations such as: and passchendaele, of passchendaele.

Context around Passchendaele

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

take 1× gallipoli 1× allowed 1×

Often after:

technically 1× offensive 1× ending 1× cambrai 1× ridge 1× ridges 1×

Sentence patterns with Passchendaele

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

area from passchendaele ridge allowing 1× as the passchendaele offensive was 1× battle of passchendaele technically the 1× broodseinde and passchendaele before being 1× canadians take passchendaele ending the 1× deliberately allowed passchendaele to continue 1× menin and passchendaele ridges 1× of which passchendaele was the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after three months 1× beginning on 31 1× hankey 21 october 1× he fought in 1× it happened after 1× passchendaele cambrai ypres 1×

Common sentence endings:

250 000 casualties 1× and passchendaele ridges 1× as middle names 1× fought and died 1× ii stellung main 1× observed artillery fire 1×

Words around Passchendaele

Just before it in the word index:

passbooks 6 passbook 9 passbands 2 passband 30 passback 3 passavant 8

Just after it in the word index:

passcode 49 passcodes 12 passed 12.517 passeig 3 passel 2 passenger 3.425

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Passchendaele

  • In this selection, "passchendaele" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, take, gallipoli, allowed, technically, offensive and ending stand out and add context to how "passchendaele" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include area from passchendaele ridge allowing and as the passchendaele offensive was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "passchendaele" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with passchendaele

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Passchendaele, Cambrai, Ypres and Jutland also featured, more usually as middle names. (12 words)

The Eingreif main divisions were stationed behind the Menin and Passchendaele ridges. (12 words)

It happened after Vimy and happened just as the Passchendaele offensive was beginning. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The existing line was to become Flandern I main, with a new Flandern II main line to be built west of Menin, northwards to Terhand and Passchendaele, at the back of a new Flandern II Stellung main. (37 words)

Hankey (21 October) claimed in his diary that Lloyd George had deliberately allowed Passchendaele to continue in order to discredit Haig and Robertson and make it easier for him to forbid similar offensives in 1918. (35 words)

The Somme, Ypres, Gallipoli, Passchendaele – all places and battles which even those with the briefest of knowledge of the First World War will have heard of and places where Arran men fought and died. (34 words)

Example sentences (11)

Beginning on 31 July and continuing to 10 November the struggle around Ypres was renewed with the Battle of Passchendaele (technically the Third Battle of Ypres, of which Passchendaele was the final phase).

It happened after Vimy and happened just as the Passchendaele offensive was beginning.

After three months of fighting in mud, Canadians take Passchendaele, ending the Third Battle of Ypres; Allies gain five miles at a cost of 250,000 casualties.

He fought in the Battles of Bullecourt, Messines, Menin Road, Broodseinde and Passchendaele before being gassed by enemy shelling on 18 October.

Passchendaele, Cambrai, Ypres and Jutland also featured, more usually as middle names.

The Somme, Ypres, Gallipoli, Passchendaele – all places and battles which even those with the briefest of knowledge of the First World War will have heard of and places where Arran men fought and died.

Hankey (21 October) claimed in his diary that Lloyd George had deliberately allowed Passchendaele to continue in order to discredit Haig and Robertson and make it easier for him to forbid similar offensives in 1918.

Pilckem Ridge deprived the British of ground observation over the Steenbeek Valley, while the Germans could see the area from Passchendaele Ridge, allowing German infantry to be supported by observed artillery fire.

That autumn he declared that he was willing "to risk his whole political reputation" to avoid a repetition of the Somme or Passchendaele.

The Eingreif main divisions were stationed behind the Menin and Passchendaele ridges.

The existing line was to become Flandern I main, with a new Flandern II main line to be built west of Menin, northwards to Terhand and Passchendaele, at the back of a new Flandern II Stellung main.

Common combinations with passchendaele

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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