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Trump's English skills ranked worst of all candidates
Washington Examiner ^ | 3/18/16 | Anna Giaritelli

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.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dirtyandinarticulate; grammar; idiocracy; lincoln; reagan; trump; vocabulary
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To: altura

If Tamara Holder can pass the bar, anyone can.


21 posted on 03/18/2016 7:17:55 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: SkyPilot

That is fabulous.


22 posted on 03/18/2016 7:19:36 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking, but I know what I'm thinking.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bingo!


23 posted on 03/18/2016 7:19:44 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: markomalley

yeah, he so dumb he laugh all way to bank


24 posted on 03/18/2016 7:20:53 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (Just say no to HRC)
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To: huckfillary
Better the truth in bad English, than lies with a silver tongue.


Nailed It !

25 posted on 03/18/2016 7:21:04 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Many people who use correct English are idiots anyway.
There are people who use correct English only to lie all the time.


26 posted on 03/18/2016 7:22:20 PM PDT by FreedBird
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To: markomalley

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.


27 posted on 03/18/2016 7:22:28 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: markomalley

Much better than 0bola..


28 posted on 03/18/2016 7:22:58 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

It would be racist to say the same thing about Obola.


29 posted on 03/18/2016 7:24:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: markomalley

Donald isn’t a talker, he’s a doer.


30 posted on 03/18/2016 7:24:40 PM PDT by RC one
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To: afraidfortherepublic

it’s on purpose. Trump speaks so that everyone can understand him.


31 posted on 03/18/2016 7:24:54 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo ( Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. - Groucho Marx)
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To: markomalley

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.


32 posted on 03/18/2016 7:25:10 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m sorry, I don’t take the race card here.


33 posted on 03/18/2016 7:25:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Katya

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.


34 posted on 03/18/2016 7:26:16 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: markomalley

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.


35 posted on 03/18/2016 7:26:34 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: markomalley

As long as he can spell P-O-T-A-T-O-E it’s all good.


36 posted on 03/18/2016 7:26:51 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Diversity is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the same jail cell.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The presstitutes do.


37 posted on 03/18/2016 7:27:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: RC one

Donald isn’t a talker, he’s a doer.


Had enuff of talking


38 posted on 03/18/2016 7:27:12 PM PDT by chasio649 (Southerner, low info and inbred...miss anything?)
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To: markomalley

I just found out why there aren’t any nekkid pictures of Anna Giaritelli ...


39 posted on 03/18/2016 7:28:40 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chicago, March 2016: The Delphi Technique in action...)
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To: markomalley

In other words, Trump isn’t a silver tongued devil like the other candidates.


40 posted on 03/18/2016 7:28:42 PM PDT by upsdriver (I support Sarah Palin.)
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