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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.
I’m really growing weary of all the sophomoric attention paid to Trump. This is juvenile beyond belief.
Trump will be our nominee, and he will be our next president.
If you can’t find something good to say, then shut up.
Nine months is enough, for cryin’ out loud.
Feb 26, 2015 - Anna Giaritelli serves as the press secretary for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in Washington, D.C.
Why? Because he doesn’t equivocate and he calls a spade a spade?
My english skills are subject....I guarantee Trump is 100 times smarter than me...Winston Churchill had a bad speech impediment.....Wanna question him?
Silly article. Michael Savage on the radio today said, “Did the reporter examine Sharpton’s language level, or the English levels of NBA players?”
Savage’s conclusion: the critics do not know what to do with Trump, because they do not know many successful business men. I agree.
Probably because Trump has to make sure the media understand so they can give him his free coverage.
We’ll never know Obama’s rank since he reads from teleprompters all the time.
A little less talk and a lot more action.
This is a joke. They’ve tried everything. First they say only idiots vote for Trump. Now Trump’s English is bad. Maybe that’s why us “idiots” like him. We can understand him.
I’ll spot Trump six grades for not using a teleprompter.
If you were negotiating...I’d rather doubt he would use the same language as on the stump. I’m not a fan of Trump or Cruz, but will vote for either... if you look at older videos of Trump interviews, his language is a bit different. He wasn’t running for office.
I highly doubt Trump would risk his brand, to run and fail at anything.
I like to hear your diction if every media person and pundit was out to get you 7/24 in a relentless blitz to derail you at every step. And do it with no prompter.
Amen. I am voting for a person who will fight for my values not an English professor. Or snake handling pastor.
Obama said we had 57 states and it didn’t seem to matter.
Hillary belongs in the clink, said Trump. These effete people think he should have said prison?
Yes, he is obviously stupid. He could never succeed in business. Oh, wait...
Especially when the piece of silver is a fork.
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“I am voting for a person who will fight for my values not an English professor. “
Exactly!
What part of “You’re Fired” will useless LIB idiots not understand? That seems to be correct English. The writer’s criticism shouts pathetic desparation and poor creativity.
Looks like Trump has lost the snob “Thurston Howell” vote.
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