Nailed It !
Posted on 03/18/2016 7:10:05 PM PDT by markomalley
Donald Trump's use of vocabulary and grammar is more elementary than that of other candidates, according to a new study that compared the candidates' English language skills.
The New York businessman's grammar was comparable to a 5th grader's, lower than the average 6th to 8th grade levels used by Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, as well as Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, according to a newly released Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute study.
Sanders scored highest in vocabulary, and was ranked at the level of an 11th grader. Trump was most comparable to a 7th grader, while Clinton, Cruz and Rubio were all ranked between 9th and 10th grade.
"This analysis shows the changes that candidates make in the level of their speech according to the type of speech," wrote report analysts Elliot Schumacher and Maxine Eskenazi. "It also reflects each candidate's combination of personal delivery style and their analysis of the level of the audience they want to address."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich was not included in the survey, and Rubio has since suspended his campaign following a loss in Florida's primary Tuesday.
The in-depth analysis even compared this year's candidates to previous U.S. presidents. Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan both boasted the highest cumulative speaking skills with averages hovering around a 10th grade level.
George W. Bush's grammar was rated worse than Trump's, ranked between 4th and 5th grade. But where Bush faltered in grammar, he made up for in vocabulary, which was at a 10th grade level.
If Tamara Holder can pass the bar, anyone can.
That is fabulous.
Bingo!
yeah, he so dumb he laugh all way to bank
Nailed It !
Many people who use correct English are idiots anyway.
There are people who use correct English only to lie all the time.
I’m glad that someone besides me has noticed — finally. For someone who brags about his “brain” and his “fine education” he demonstrates the worst command of the English language that I have ever heard. It’s not even 4th grade. More like 2nd grade, although I have grandchildren (some as young as 3) who are more articulate.
Much better than 0bola..
It would be racist to say the same thing about Obola.
Donald isn’t a talker, he’s a doer.
it’s on purpose. Trump speaks so that everyone can understand him.
Absolutely true! Trump also uses advanced persuasion techniques... see Scott Adams blog, including easily repeatable phrases, and adjectives that stick. Bernie Sanders is also quite good at this...but he has no media savvy. I’ve posted this before... but I live in a blue Maryland next to blue DC... I use cabs. I’ve had many cabbies of color who have repeated Trump phrases to me... including a black female uber driver.
I’m sorry, I don’t take the race card here.
I would hate to sit down across the table from him. He’ll go off all over the place then come back to the point. I’d still be “over there” somewhere.
I’m a Cruzer, but will pull for Donald if he’s the nominee.
I’m voting for a leader, not someone to teach people’s kids English. Next bogus, empty election-cycle criticism, please.
As long as he can spell P-O-T-A-T-O-E it’s all good.
The presstitutes do.
Donald isn’t a talker, he’s a doer.
Had enuff of talking
I just found out why there aren’t any nekkid pictures of Anna Giaritelli ...
In other words, Trump isn’t a silver tongued devil like the other candidates.
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