Turn out adj and Turn out to be adj in the Now Corpus and ChatGPT

Abstract

This paper aims at comparing turn out adj and turn out to be adj in the Now Corpus and ChatGPT. A point to note is that the use of turn out to be adj was even higher (the minimum difference is 229 tokens) than that of turn out adj in the Now Corpus. A further point to note is that turn out adj and turn out to be adj had the lowest use (74 tokens vs. 233 tokens) in 2010, while they had the highest use (784 tokens vs. 2,039 tokens) in 2020. This in turn implies that they were the least preferred ones (74 tokens vs. 233 tokens) in 2010, while they were the most preferred ones (784 tokens vs. 2,039 tokens) in 2020. This paper argues that turn out fine is the most preferred (281 tokens) by the journalists of the 21 English speaking countries, followed by turn out great, turn out good, turn out worse, and turn out positive, whereas turn out to be true is the most preferred (1,502 tokens) by them, followed by turn out to be wrong, turn out to be correct, and turn out to be good, in that order. With respect to the Now Corpus, it is worth pointing out that turn out adj is 28.2% the same as turn out to be adj in the top 25. It must be stressed that turn out adj is 100% the same as turn out to be adj in the top 25 of the ChatGPT. Finally, it should also be pointed out that the ChatGPT and Now Corpus have a low degree of similarity in the top 25.