Trump supporters have the worst Facebook grammar, study finds

[Newsbot]

Trump supporters have the worst Facebook grammar, study finds

Trolling comments on presidential candidates’ Facebook pages in search of grammatical errors is a task that will get Strunk and White devotees’ eyes rolling. At least the search for typos, misplaced or missing apostrophes, unnecessary capital letters and redundant exclamation points bears fruit in seconds:

Hillary Rodham Clinton: “Youre The Inspiration to every Citizen Of The World.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): “Best way to campaign for him is to share him with on social network and also share him with people face to face.”

Ben Carson: “Im British and living permanently in the US with my American wife and son. I dont have a vote but if i did, I would vote for Ben Carson.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): “Rubio will be president he is the most inteligent when it comes to foreign afairs and matters of state.”

But amid this flawed, headache-inducing verbiage, there is a pattern. So says Grammarly, a private, San Francisco-based company behind what’s billed as “the world’s leading automated proofreader.” The company analyzed comments on 19 presidential candidates’ Facebook pages and found that: 1) supporters of Republican candidates make more mistakes than supporters of Democrats; 2) supporters of Republican candidates use fewer unique words than supporters of Democrats; and 3) Donald Trump supporters made the most mistakes of them all.

“Whoever your pick for POTUS, one thing’s certain — political topics inspire passionate discussions,” the company wrote in a blog post. “With a light heart and heavy-hitting algorithms, we visited each candidate’s official Facebook page and looked at the comments there to see how well their supporters handle themselves when they communicate their ideas in writing.”

Grammarly had pulled this trick before, scrutinizing Republican supporters ahead of the first GOP presidential debate in August. Now, ahead of the first Democratic debate this month, the company looked at that party’s supporters, and summarized all of its findings in this handy chart:

[vynsane]

[anarky]

My male sibling is a not particularly well closeted Trump supporter.

I'll just leave that out there.

[Tom Foolery]

You should fuck with your brother and say Trump wants to deport all the Native Americans because they're "basically Mexicans".

Which sounds like something Trumplestiltskin would mouth breathe.

[vynsane]

the Daily Show bit comparing Trump's sound-bites to those of infamous African dictators, culminating with Idi Amin was brilliant.

[Ran]

the Daily Show bit comparing Trump's sound-bites to those of infamous African dictators, culminating with Idi Amin was brilliant.

I saw that one. It was hilarious and somewhat scary at the same time.

[Ben Reilly]

Shut up, you liberal shit. Trump is going to shit on you liberal intellectuals!

[vynsane]

that's only because conservative non-intellectuals don't know how to use a toilet.

[Ran]

Is Ben related to Bill O' ?

[anarky]

My male sibling is a not particularly well closeted Trump supporter.

I'll just leave that out there.

To this day, he and one other (extremely racist) distant relative are the only two Trump supporters I know of. Even my extremely far-right friends, family, and acquaintances hate him.

So how in the name of fuck is he doing so well in the polls? Who and where are these supporters? Because I want to stay the hell away from them.

[Ran]

I've seen exactly 1 "Trump for President" sign in someone's yard. Do you get the feeling that someone is fudging the poll numbers to keep him in the race solely for the tv ratings?

On a completely unrelated note, I went to get my haircut yesterday and found that Bernie Sanders supporters moved in next door to the barber.