Dear All:

 

I ran across this, and thought it might be of interest to the list, although I think it should be approached with a bit of caution – the authors got their data from an online survey of readers of the blog they maintain, so there’s an issue with the representativeness of the subject pool (and no peer-review, etc.). Still, it made a good discussion point in my grammar class, even after I led in by mentioning the limits on it.

 

 

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/03/casual_fridays_whats_worse_--.php#more

 

 

Bill Spruiell

Dept. of English

Central Michigan University