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Why grammar mistakes in a short email could make some people judge you

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imageWho is more sensitive to email errors?Robin Hutton, CC BY-NC-ND

I’m a cognitive psychologist who studies language comprehension. If I see an ad for a vacation rental that says “Your going to Hollywood!” it really bugs me. But my collaborator, Robin Queen, a sociolinguist, who studies how language use varies across social groups,...

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