Posted on 04/06/2016 1:20:07 PM PDT by Morgana
Scientists have found that people who constantly get bothered by grammatical errors online have "less agreeable" personalities than those who just let them slide.
And those friends who are super-sensitive to typos on your Facebook page? Psychological testing reveals they're generally less open, and are also more likely to be judging you for your mistakes than everyone else. In other words, they're exactly who you thought they were. That sounds pretty obvious, but this is actually the first time researchers have been able to show that a person's personality traits can actually determine how they respond to typos and grammatical errors, and it could teach us a lot about how people communicate (or miscommunicate) online.
"This is the first study to show that the personality traits of listeners/readers have an effect on the interpretation of language," said lead researcher Julie Boland from the University of Michigan. "In this experiment, we examined the social judgments that readers made about the writers."
The researchers took 83 participants and asked them all to read email responses to an ad for a housemate, which either contained no errors or had been altered to include typos (e.g. "teh" instead of "the") or grammatical mix-ups, such as too/to or it's/its.
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And there should be a comma after “debate.”
“Involved” should be “involve.”
“Like” should be “as.”
No it shouldn’t be hyphenated. But in your post, it should be capitalized.
I hate that as well.
Thank you.
“...failed to properly use commas...”
Split infinitive.
The quotation marks at the end of the word “period” should be after the period.
“This is errant pedantry, up with which I will not put.”—Winston Churchill
They spelled 'heroes' wrong...
It was all just in fun...anyway.
That is a sentence fragment.
They are also, ironically, poorly educated.
English is one of the few languages on earth with no rules, and no “Academie Francaise”.
English is one of the few languages on earth with no rules, and no "Academie Francaise."
If it falls into common usage, and becomes accepted, its “English”.
If it falls into common usage, and becomes accepted, it's "English."
A person enforcing the “rules” today is simply revealing their own ignorance.
A person enforcing the “rules” today is simply revealing HIS own ignorance.
A class was given this sentence to punctuate:
woman without her man is a savage
The girls in the class punctuated it this way:
"Woman! Without her, man is a savage."
The boys punctuated it this way:
"Woman, without her man, is a savage."
I’ll look into ordering a copy too.
...a new message...
...others posting errors...
...others' posting errors...
I chime in on errors ONLY when somebody is being arrogant...while making an error HIMSELF.
Oh, the irony!
Right: He is a 38-year-old.
Right: He is 38 years old.
Wrong: He is 38-years-old.
BTW: “Everyday” does NOT mean “every day.”
BTW: There is no such word as “alright.”
Well done
BTW:
I am for the death penalty for people who say “five-year anniversary.”
This was a funny thread.
:D
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