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People who constantly point out grammar mistakes are pretty much jerks, scientists find
sciencealert.com ^ | March 31, 2016 | FIONA MACDONALD

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: facebook; grammarpolice; ridiculous
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To: rhoda_penmark

I think that one’s non-hyphenated. ;-)


61 posted on 04/06/2016 1:40:20 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: the_Watchman

According to Dilbert’s “Dick from the Internet,” pretty much. LOL


62 posted on 04/06/2016 1:40:41 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: pax_et_bonum

He does not deserve it neither does obama. love you xoxo


63 posted on 04/06/2016 1:41:16 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: Morgana

These people have never been married to a middle school teacher....


64 posted on 04/06/2016 1:42:23 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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To: Lazamataz

Coloquialism sounds like a sex act


65 posted on 04/06/2016 1:42:26 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: Donglalinger

That and when replying to such people, always retort with, “yeah, and that’s what she said.”


66 posted on 04/06/2016 1:42:58 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: nobody in particular
I often wondered what grampar has to say about grammar. ..but he died before I could ask him.

Techically, that puts me up shits creek without a paddle

67 posted on 04/06/2016 1:43:12 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: Morgana

Beware the Regulator ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTndri7Khhs&list=PL441FCFF9C28E4662&index=35&nohtml5=False


68 posted on 04/06/2016 1:44:33 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Morgana
Weird Al Yankovic is a jerk, then.
69 posted on 04/06/2016 1:44:35 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: DuncanWaring

I thought for certain a reply like yours would be first.
Congrats on coming in 3rd tho!!


70 posted on 04/06/2016 1:45:02 PM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Lazamataz

You spelled it bad.

-ly.


71 posted on 04/06/2016 1:45:21 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
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To: Morgana

This is yuge...


72 posted on 04/06/2016 1:45:22 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: FredZarguna
Scientific studies show that people who don't bother to proof their informal writing, even casually, are likely to be sloppy, poor thinkers who hold themselves to no standards. This might make the people rude enough to point out their errors jerks, but it doesn't change the kind of people they are either.

You just won the thread.

73 posted on 04/06/2016 1:45:25 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Heart-Rest

“Scientists are pretty much jerks.”
I thought that Werner Von Braun was pretty cool,once you got past that little London thing.


74 posted on 04/06/2016 1:45:36 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Morgana

But only liberals that constantly get bothered by grammatical errors online drive BMWs.


75 posted on 04/06/2016 1:46:16 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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To: Morgana; Lazamataz

Yes, Indeed and we know what he metaphor. To hit it !


76 posted on 04/06/2016 1:46:51 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: Morgana

I do not like this guys sentence structure,; now I must go stomp on baby chicks!


77 posted on 04/06/2016 1:47:18 PM PDT by big bad easter bunny
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To: al baby

i agree
;-)


78 posted on 04/06/2016 1:47:23 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: No_More_Harkin

Missed it by 49 seconds.


79 posted on 04/06/2016 1:47:58 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Future Snake Eater

“Your period should be inside the quotation marks.”

That depends on which style manual you prefer.


80 posted on 04/06/2016 1:49:09 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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