Michal's contemplating the prospect of complementing his immense Fiction Corpus with a book about album art; cites fatigue

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I think highly of the prospect of exploiting English as an international standard. I don't think highly of the prosaic mode in which the English tongue is presented for study.

Upgrading a person's command of a language isn't like launching a stronger oar. A language - a spoken language - is not just an instrument that you can teach yourself to use with greater amounts of precision. A language cannot be cleaved from the prevailing culture of a recognized nation of which it is a description. A language isn't recited; it happens - and keeps happening as long as a circle of people keeps using it.

To make pupils recite English is to deprive them of its cultural context. A capable teacher has to find a way to introduce it; the smartest pupil ventures out to seek it.

A dictionary has the potential to be an influential tool. The best dictionaries describe words based on a specific corpus, a body of written works of varying scope and consistency. They could contain anything from a book about literature to a whole bunch of flash fiction. I suffered many a sleepless night developing my "enormous" Fiction Corpus in order to form a unique sort of dictionary based on the ability of one man to tell a story in myriad forms. It is a labor of love and listening.

I have shaped a million words and I have anatomized them, reframing them - not merely to teach English vocabulary but to promote the human soul, and to propel that soul or spirit not just to recite but to happen.

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A Better Way to Define English: Grouped into Eight Types of Words
Type 5 Answers the Question, "When?"
The 8 types of words can be associated with the days of the week in the Acceptance calendar. Thursday, or Greenery Day respresents the "When"

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A Better Way to Define English: Grouped into Eight Types of Words
Type 5 Answers the Question, "When?"
The 8 types of words can be associated with the days of the week in the Acceptance calendar. Thursday, or Greenery Day respresents the "When"

if2252
now944
then757
never578
after532
still522
before469
always308
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once226
soon215
already199
since161
ago129
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sometimes95
during73
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today64
tonight56
meanwhile44
whenever37
yesterday32
nowadays12
everyday10
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Definition of Tomorrow

I have yet to publish the definition of tomorrow.

I'm sure it won't take too long.

Common use of tomorrow in illustrative example sentences

I can't wait until tomorrow. I need to know now.
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I have yet to come up with another sentence using the word tomorrow.
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I have yet to come up with a fifth sentence using the word tomorrow.
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Usage of Tomorrow in Michal's Fiction Corpus

Michal's Fiction Corpus of Acceptance Literature (FiCAL) is presented under the Bare Bottom imprint. It is currently comprised of six bodies of work, each representing a different pillar of culture and incorporating a wide variety of writhing styles.

If you're wondering...

How do I use this?

Just click on a title to see examples of the word "tomorrow" being used in a particular work. You'll stay on the same spot on the page, only the Table of Contents will disappear. To get back to the Table of Contents just click next to the image of the Bare Bottom imprint where it says "Back to Usage of Tomorrow: Table of Contents."“And...?”

The Table of Frequency and the Table of Collocation provide numerical information about how many times the word tomorrow appears in its original or modified form and with which words. It can help to give you an idea of how a word is used and in what contexts.“Ok.”

Why a Fiction Corpus?

The popular understanding of the word "fiction" and its complement "non-fiction" is a reflection of the cultural influence of a classification system. The Dewey Decimal System is responsible for separating "fiction" from all other work and categorizing it by author's name. This has influenced the popular idea of fiction as a narrative that tends to be "untrue" and the product of an individual's fantasy, a bias compounded by modern art's century-long obsession with abstraction, surrealism and self-expression.“So...?”

My idea of fiction rests on the idea that art doesn't have to be factual to be a true reflection of our existence. Adam and Eve didn't have to exist as two individuals 700 generations ago for them to be true portraits of two human beings trying to work together.“And...?”

The Bible is a Fiction Corpus. It is a body of writing that isn't overly concerned with facts and yet its words carry weight. It was written by many different authors living in different places with different audiences in mind, yet everyone gleans something from it.“Right...”

In preparing my fiction corpus, I have striven to see the world through the eyes of others. Through the eyes of my Adams and Eves I hope that you too will glean some truth about our existence. At the very least you will learn some more about how one man can use the English language.“Ok.”

Who are you, Michal?

I'm just a guy who makes art. And if you're interested in making a solid investment in an aesthetic that supports our present and future welfare, then I will help you look for something that you can buy.“How...?”

Everybody makes. Everybody sells. Some people know how to protect their interests. Some better than others. Few people know how to listen. Listening to somebody means considering their interests as if they were your own. Going out and doing something to satisfy another person's interest is how we build a strong economy. Without a strong economy, democracy collapses.“And...?”

Buying 4Occupy is buying for democracy. Don't give your money to somebody who's ruining it. There's no such thing as cheap democracy, quick democracy, or easy democracy. There's good, solid, complete democracy and the tyranny of feudalism. Let's not mix the two. Let's not buy everything on the cheap. Let's not create another tyrant and enslave ourselves because it was easier not to think about what we were doing. Let's protect our interests. Let's listen.“Ok.”

Who's really behind this site?

Have you ever been to one of those post-it-yourself retail websites where there's a really attractive top-seller ready to give you tips on how you can be a top-seller too?“Uh...”

Have you ever been to a "job" interview where you sit in a line, walk through one door, get hired as a contractor and walk out another door, so that the other applicants don't realize that everyone's getting "hired" to work in the same market?“Maybe...”

The internet is full of people who are ready to exploit your ignorance. They are people who want to make money at the expense of our economy. They are cheats.“And...?”

I, Michal, am behind this site. Not some fat plutocrat exploiting my image. I like to do things the right way. I like to work with people who take the time to do things right.“Why...?”

I used to work for a company that didn't do things the right way. My labor was exploited because of mismanagement. That company was the United States Postal Service, an independent agency of the United States Government that is ultimately controlled by Congress. I'm mad because if the Federal Government can exploit labor, who is going to stop every other cheat from doing it?“Labor Unions...?”

Don't say labor unions. I went to my labor union and they did nothing. They ignored me because labor unions aren't democracies. Holding a free and fair election for a "representative" once in a blue moon does not equal people ruling. Democracy means open government. It means we the public need to accept the hard work. It's the only way to secure liberty and equality.“Ok.”

What's the difference between use and usage?

Definition-wise, not much. But the -age suffix is ultimately French in origin and with most things French, at least in American eyes, the immediate thought is that of something precious and arcane whose value should be judged very carefully. This is in contrast to the word France, which is associated with a beautiful place. Thus people in France or from France are beautiful, warm, kind people. Generous even. Unlike French people who suck. Unless you're frenching, in which case you're only sometimes sucking.“And...?”

Along those lines, usage means you're in bed. Use means you're just heavy petting. Also notice that common people, like common words, get used...whereas "proper" things make "appearances." Whether or not you are being exploited is a different story. Exploitation is what happens when somebody uses you or your property without listening to you. Listening is what happens when you consider another person's needs as if they were your own. You don't have to satisfy those needs. All you need to do is consider them. So many of us can't even do that.“So...?”

Help stop exploitation. Buy 4occupy. Buy a better world. Whether or not you feel you can afford to buy art, consider joining my protest. I want to guarantee every working man and every working mother on this planet a 15-day universal holiday. But I can't. Only we can do that. We have to work together. We have to accept the idea that everyone deserves time for himself and we need to build that time into a new kind of calendar. We have to give peace it's own day. We have to make love something you can't avoid. We have to make even the most miserly cold-hearted capitalist among us say that he cashed his check on Love Your Neighbor Day. There won't be any other way to say it once the Acceptance Calendar is widely adopted.“Ok.”

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Tomorrow, a morphological approach

I have yet to make a morphological analysis of the word tomorrow.

That doesn't mean it's not high on my list.

Table of Frequency for the Word "Tomorrow."
This table lists in descending order the total number of times that the word tomorrowand any of its morphological derivations appears in the Fiction Corpus, along with a breakdown of frequency by title, the respective rank of each word in the complete list of all words in the Corpus, as calculated both densely and competitively, as well as the percent increase in frequency of the word over the frequency of the next lowest rank in the complete list.
Percent Increase over next rank	RANK		WORD	Frequency
	RANK			TOTAL # of occurences	MCDONALDS	JESUS	SEX	TSIGA	JACKSON	DINGBATS
	dense	competitive		TOTAL # of occurences	modern/sloppy	biblical/terse	poetic/high-brow	hard/fast	talky	mixed salad
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I have yet to publish the table of frequency for the word tomorrow, but I will get to it shortly. -Michal

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Usage of Tomorrow in Death to McDonalds

An aerial view of Dodger Stadium in the foreground, with an imaginary partially submerged Los Angeles behind — A story bible for a comic book series set in a post climate-change California narrated by eight characters who live through a natural disaster that sinks Los Angeles and triggers a war with an expansionist Mexican government covertly supported by China.

Frame #3912

i need to make a shortlist of schools to visit tomorrow. i dont know how many i can see in one day. i should start small.

Chase Credit

19 September, 5:30 PM

Frame #4433

im heading back to the office. ill talk to the lawyer tomorrow. give him the recording. if the coroner say suicide no problem. otherwise.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

1 October, 8:58 PM

Frame #551

i should canvass bondsmen again tomorrow. i need more than one active case if im gonna get anywhere. this is the stuff chase does.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

1 August, 11:03 AM

Frame #4071

reddit gonna meet with the mystery caller. she wanted to do it tomorrow but it sounds like she agreed to do it some other day.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

26 September, 5:42 PM

Frame #824

bieber - enjoy your last night at the strip club. tomorrow youre on trailer park duty.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

4 August, 7:05 PM

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Usage of Tomorrow in The Gospel of Jesus H.

A picture of the planet Mars — An experimental science fiction Christology that makes Jesus the hard boiled narrator of his own early years on a bizarro earth made dark by volcanic ash and informally ruled by a man from Mars who sells bottled air.

"'The fucking coal police,' he said. 'They're investigating.' As he turned around, he was like, 'Don't play with that.' And then he left."

"Are you ready for tomorrow?"

– Verses 1161-1162 from the chapter called Security

She dropped to her knees and covered her face and cried. I thought she was going to faint, but she didn't.

"I'll see you tomorrow," I said. "At dawn."

– Verses 779-780 from the chapter called Bohemia

"That's the field altar," said Jesus, pointing south. "That's where you're going to go tomorrow morning at seven o'clock."

"Do I have to?" asked Zoe.

– Verses 557-558 from the chapter called Security

"Never mind," said the conductor. "Look: it'll be here tomorrow morning. We can come back here and pick it up."

– Verse 217 from the chapter called Bohemia

"Are you sure," I said, "you're going to - hic! - be able to drive tomorrow morning?"

– Verse 137 from the chapter called Bohemia

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Usage of Tomorrow in Sex for Children

A drawing of a man between a woman's legs in front of another man in a hospital bed — A literature book narrated by a pair of siblings on either side of the Atlantic whose profoundly weird sexual experiences pose a serious challenge to their traditional understanding of mathematicians, marriage, gay young men and God.

NIKE: Come on: don't bullshit me. As long as they're intact, I'm fine.

DOC: Any such condition would probably be temporary.

NIKE: Exactly: I'm not tryin' to make a baby tomorrow.

DOC: Mr. Romanov...

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 5, The Fifth Day, Part 2, Science & Reform Schools, Section 8, Being a Victim, Paragraphs 22-25

Albert had called me the previous day, asking if it were 'alright' if he moved in tomorrow. I repeated my consent, and, with gratitude, he made one more request: he asked if I could drive him. I, of course, agreed, thinking nothing more of it, and, the next day, getting off at Holland Park Station, I crossed the perilous avenue, making my way around the corner and down the street. Olympia was kind enough to open the door for me.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 4, The Fourth Day, Part 2, The Assembly & Government Reform, Section 6, Being Obedient, Paragraph 6

INDIE: It is so beautiful, but Olympia cannot play it. Once in a while she gets halfway. But that's as far as she can get.

ANDY: It's very difficult.

INDIE: But you can play it, yes?

ANDY: I can play it.

INDIE: Will you play it tomorrow?

ANDY: Is the party tomorrow?

INDIE: Yes.

ANDY: Then yes of course.

INDIE: The whole thing?

ANDY: If I can remember it.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 1, The First Day, Part 1, Victory & Calendar Reform, Section 9, Intoxication, Paragraphs 146-155

We shall have to keep discussing this later. I do not think I can write any more: I am almost unconscious. Besides, I think I've written enough. It's been a week since I began my daily journal - that is plenty.

Tomorrow morning, I'll send you my work. I hope you'll enjoy it. But, of course, by the time you read this, it will no longer be tomorrow morning. So I rephrase: I hope you have enjoyed my work.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 7, The Seventh Day, Part 1, Strength & Security Sector Reform, Section 2, Facing a Choice, Paragraphs 23-24

But there is something different about living day to day, wondering if you'll wake up tomorrow. It's really quite astonishing that Albert was able to function so normally; there was no hint of illness: he seemed completely healthy until the moment he just didn't get up. Maybe I missed something - Indiana's behavior was completely occlusive: there was nothing else on my mind.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 1, The First Day, Part 1, Victory & Calendar Reform, Section 3, Wondering, Paragraph 4

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Usage of Tomorrow in Tsiga Tsiga Tsiga

Bullets whizzing by a statue of Nikola Tesla — A collection of stories featuring a sexy Parisian ghost, a spooky Moon base full of vagina-faced aliens, a policeman with an Irish name, a truck full of watermelons, a flautist, and a man who has to see another man about a diseased horse.

"It's not like that," explained Shephard. "We went to school together."

"I'm happy for you."

Shephard asked about the local bazaar. The hostess told him he was in luck. Tomorrow was Sunday. The crowds would spill onto the main road. It couldn't be missed. Shephard thanked her.

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring the kind of place you wouldn't take your mother

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Usage of Tomorrow in Sorry Ms. Jackson

Chiseled letters from an ancient stone tablet hanging on a wall — A real play. With drama in it. Talk fast. It takes two hours. Set in a guest house. In a small community. After a murder. Lots of suspicion. The characters learn to listen to each other. It's funny.

MS. JACKSON: Thank you.

GREY GOOSE: You can even sleep here tonight. As for tomorrow, I can't be sure. We'll just have to wait and see.

MS. JACKSON: What?

GREY GOOSE: You may be on the sofa bed for a while.

MS. JACKSON: You knew all along.

GREY GOOSE: You're not the only snitch on this island.

MS. JACKSON: I shouldn't have trusted those Australians.

GREY GOOSE: Men are all alike.

MS. JACKSON: Fill them with enough drink, they'll spill their guts.

GREY GOOSE: They'll betray their confidential informants.

– ACT II, lines 491-500

(KOKOMO exits. GREY GOOSE enters.)

GREY GOOSE: My darling Polynesian beauty, Fletcher must be right. It's pointless for me to put the moves on you - especially since it's obvious you're in love with him. My chances of success were always slim. I never lost faith in a woman's whim. I was certain, if I tried hard enough, you would let me taste-test your sweeter stuff. Each one of my advances you rebuffed. You're too good. My situation has changed now that my dear wife and I are estranged. Perhaps some trickery can be arranged. If I were to slip softly into your bed, not smelling like chattel, but like that perfume you gave my son - that little brat - who cares more about annoying my wife than pursuing the love of his own life, even though I'm the one she causes strife - perchance I might convince you with a kiss - before you discover my artifice - that I am the best way to earthly bliss. It would give me joy. My desire to light this house on fire would be assuaged. Despite what I have said, I will never ignite another house again. I am reborn. Ever since your mistress unleashed her scorn, making me sit in filth, lost and forlorn, in my old cowshed, I have taken stock. I'll no longer blindly follow the flock. I cannot yet say the same for my cock. If my wife's got a lover, I'll be damned if I don't. I'm not going to be crammed away. I'll come back with my monogrammed pajamas. I'll drink champagne and cut loose like there's no tomorrow. I'll introduce Kokomo to my little one-eyed goose and she'll say I'm her daddy. My excitement notwithstanding, I must not invite suspicion. I'll save my strength for tonight!

– ACT II, line 30

FLETCHER: (massaging) Don't get testy. This is for your own good.

ALICE: Tell me something in Norfuk.

FLETCHER: Like what?

ALICE: I don't know. I like the way it sounds.

FLETCHER: Watawieh.

ALICE: I know what that means. It means, "Hi! How are you?"

FLETCHER: We gwen rama morla night.

ALICE: What does that mean?

FLETCHER: It means, "Let's go fishing tomorrow night."

ALICE: I am so sick of fish.

– ACT I, lines 582-591

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Usage of Tomorrow in Miscellaneous Dingbats

The title of the book at the end of a string of miscellaneous dingbats — A story book full of short fiction stories. An interesting bedtime mystery. A fairy tale. Science fiction romance. Adult life. Uninspiring gay fiction. Horror.

"Tomorrow" does not make an appearance in Miscellaneous Dingbats

- Michal Slaby

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Collocation of Tomorrow in the Fiction Corpus

Table of Collocation for the Word "Tomorrow."
This table lists in descending order of frequency a selection of word pairs that appear in the Fiction Corpus and groups them according to the morphological derivation of the word tomorrow that appears in the pair.
Type	Frequency
	TOTAL # of occurences	MCDONALDS	JESUS	SEX	TSIGA	JACKSON	DINGBATS
	TOTAL # of occurences	modern/sloppy	biblical/terse	poetic/high-brow	hard/fast	talky	mixed salad
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I have yet to perform a collocation analysis of "tomorrow." I hope I can get it done sometime soon. -Michal