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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 19 Apr 2016

    People obsessed w grammar aren't as nice, study suggests (viz. lower in "agreeableness" trait). http://mashable.com/2016/04/15/grammar-obsessed-personality-study/#c0mdNA.lu05B … via @mashable

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      1. Matthew Hankins‏ @mc_hankins 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @mashable @JPdeRuiter I wonder if the same applies to people obsessed with y-axis labelling?pic.twitter.com/Olfsk8dvs3

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      2. ScienceBasedCathWould(n’t) 🎃‏ @C_doc_911 19 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @mashable guess that's why they call them grammar nazi's

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      3. D Fuller‏ @DickeyFuller 19 Apr 2016
        Replying to @C_doc_911

        @CathRn111 I'm not even going to point out that there's no apostrophe in Nazis. 1Nazi; 2 Nazis. No apostrophe. :-) <-- agreeableness

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      4. ScienceBasedCathWould(n’t) 🎃‏ @C_doc_911 19 Apr 2016
        Replying to @DickeyFuller

        @DickeyFuller 2 PhDs means I've spent a bit of time writing :-) agreeable

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      1. Dr. T. O'Shaughnessy‏ @TiffanyOsh 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable my desire to note that agreeableness scores are not equivalent to "nice" probably proves the point...

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      1.  🗡️ ✴️ 🧟‍♀️dahrknessss wanderer 😈 👹 🎃‏ @thewargarurumon 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable grammar nazi stereotype vindicated it seems

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      1. Melania‏ @sister_w 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable Tough shit.

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      1. Malapert Press‏ @Runthenovel 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @RyanFitz1111 @mashable I need to see the questions. "Agreeableness trait" is probably bogus and cowardly, and badly punctuated.

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      1. Caz‏ @cazyp 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @clairlemon @mashable full stop should be inside the final bracket ffs.

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      1. Pat‏ @revajane1930 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable I am SO!

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      1. John Harry‏ @johnharrycomic 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable people obsessed with anything are a pain in the butt. How was this research necessary ?!

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      1. plink‏ @robbertwplink 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable I have noticed that these people use this as criticism as last resort in arguments when they have none left

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      1. Bob‏ @BobSee123 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashablepic.twitter.com/jAMQtNKxuJ

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      2. Paul Cassidy‏ @paulhcassidy53 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable People who correct any errors are not as agreeable as those who don't. The most agreeable never correct anything.

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      3. Paul Cassidy‏ @paulhcassidy53 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable That's why they call it "agreeable."

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      1. Erick Turner‏ @eturnermd1 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable Guess I'm not so agreeable, or in the words of Curly, "I resemble that remark!"

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      1. Steve Green‏ @EstiviG 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @mashable Prescriptive or descriptive?

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      1. 7.1% dave‏ @altvarg 19 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker What about if I see that there is a grammar error on a published internet article and I let the writer know? Isn't that nice?

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