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David E. Sorensen
3 speeches between 2002 and 2005, mostly as Seventy. 12,541 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
2002–2005
Words
12,541
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.0
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
39
13.0 per speech
Callings
Seventy
3 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
20022005
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- work 90
- les 16
- powder 13
- book 61
- cows 12
- manhattan 9
- lyle 8
- mormon 43
- raymond 8
- buggy 7
- halifax 8
- manti 7
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants6
- 2 Nephi5
- John5
- Matthew4
- 1 Corinthians2
- Mosiah2
- Genesis2
- Moses2
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 3
As given in the bylines: of the Presidency of the Seventy
Every speech
- 19 Mar 2002Place the Book of Mormon in Your Heart—Not on Your Bookshelfof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional3,614 w8 refs
- 20 May 2003“Put Away Childish Things”General Authority Seventy · Devotional3,877 w11 refs
- 6 Mar 2005The Blessing of Workof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional5,050 w20 refs