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Chicks Dig Personal Pronouns
A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the sex of an author with 80% accuracy. From The Boston Globe:
Koppel's group found that the single biggest difference is that women are far more likely than men to use personal pronouns-''I'', you, she, myself, or yourself and the like. Men, in contrast, are more likely to use determiners-''a,'' ''the,'' ''that,'' and these - as well as cardinal numbers and quantifiers like more or ''some.'' As one of the papers published by Koppel's group notes, men are also more likely to use post-head noun modification with an of phrase-phrases like ''garden of roses.'
Your pal, Barney
Philosophy is concerned with two matters: soluble questions that are trivial, and crucial questions that are insoluble. --- Stefan Kanfer
Koppel's group found that the single biggest difference is that women are far more likely than men to use personal pronouns-''I'', you, she, myself, or yourself and the like. Men, in contrast, are more likely to use determiners-''a,'' ''the,'' ''that,'' and these - as well as cardinal numbers and quantifiers like more or ''some.'' As one of the papers published by Koppel's group notes, men are also more likely to use post-head noun modification with an of phrase-phrases like ''garden of roses.'
Your pal, Barney
Philosophy is concerned with two matters: soluble questions that are trivial, and crucial questions that are insoluble. --- Stefan Kanfer
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[/nq] He then went on to quote things like [nq:1]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronounsthan men, who are more likely. [/nq] This would seem to depend quite a bit on what was written. For example, a deposition by a man might have more personal pronouns than a dissertation by a woman.
- [/nq] He then went on to quote things like [nq:1]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronounsthan men, who are more likely.
- [/nq] This would seem to depend quite a bit on what was written.
- For example, a deposition by a man might have more personal pronouns than a dissertation by a woman.
- But I suppose that other distinguishers of *** will help.
- Also, perhaps you have to tell the machine what it is you're feeding it (or perhaps it tries to figure that out too).
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, in part:
[nq:1]A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the *** of an author with 80% accuracy.[/nq]
He then went on to quote things like
[nq:1]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronounsthan men, who are more likely. to use words like "a" and "this".[/nq]
This would seem to depend quite a bit on what was written. For ex
[nq:1]A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the *** of an author with 80% accuracy.[/nq]
He then went on to quote things like
[nq:1]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronounsthan men, who are more likely. to use words like "a" and "this".[/nq]
This would seem to depend quite a bit on what was written. For ex
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In article , (Email Removed) (Michael Hamm) writes:
[nq:2]A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the *** of an author with 80% accuracy.[/nq]
[nq:1]He then went on to quote things like[/nq]
[nq:2]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronouns[/nq]
[nq:1]than men, who are more likely. to use words like "a" and "this". This w
[nq:2]A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the *** of an author with 80% accuracy.[/nq]
[nq:1]He then went on to quote things like[/nq]
[nq:2]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronouns[/nq]
[nq:1]than men, who are more likely. to use words like "a" and "this". This w
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[nq:1]men are also more likely to use ''post-head noun modification[/nq]
They're **** lucky to be getting any, without modifying their nouns afterwards.
-- Rob Bannister
They're **** lucky to be getting any, without modifying their nouns afterwards.
-- Rob Bannister
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In article (Email Removed), Robert Bannister (Email Removed) writes:
[nq:2]men are also more likely to use ''post-head noun modification[/nq]
[nq:1]They're **** lucky to be getting any, without modifying their nouns afterwards.[/nq]
Hey, let's keep it clean. This is a family newsgroup.
Your pal, Barney
Philosophy is concerned with two matters: soluble questions that
[nq:2]men are also more likely to use ''post-head noun modification[/nq]
[nq:1]They're **** lucky to be getting any, without modifying their nouns afterwards.[/nq]
Hey, let's keep it clean. This is a family newsgroup.
Your pal, Barney
Philosophy is concerned with two matters: soluble questions that
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(Email Removed) (Michael Hamm) writes:
[nq:1], in part:[/nq]
[nq:2]A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the *** of an author with 80% accuracy.[/nq]
[nq:1]He then went on to quote things like[/nq]
[nq:2]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronouns[/nq]
[nq:1]than men, who are more likely. to use words like "a" and "
[nq:1], in part:[/nq]
[nq:2]A group of scholars has created a text-analysis computer program that can determine the *** of an author with 80% accuracy.[/nq]
[nq:1]He then went on to quote things like[/nq]
[nq:2]women are far more likely than men to use personal pronouns[/nq]
[nq:1]than men, who are more likely. to use words like "a" and "
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