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Joe2012 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of bias against or bias towards

Bias against or bias towards what r the meanings of these two terms ? Is bias against mean: u r against somebody b'coz of pre set mindset and bias towards mean: u r in the favor of it ?

Would it be right to say : I have bias towards truth ? Means I'm inclined towards truth.
  

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Hi Razer I am tremendously biased against the type of spelling (misspelling) you used in your post. If you are truly sincere in wanting to improve your English, you should attempt to spell properly when you post a question here. That may help people feel a much more positive bias towards answering your questions.

— Yankee

  • Hi Razer I am tremendously biased against the type of spelling (misspelling) you used in your post.
  • If you are truly sincere in wanting to improve your English, you should attempt to spell properly when you post a question here.
  • That may help people feel a much more positive bias towards answering your questions.
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Hi Razer

I am tremendously biased against the type of spelling (misspelling) you used in your post.
If you are truly sincere in wanting to improve your English, you should attempt to spell properly when you post a question here. That may help people feel a much more positive bias towards answering your questions.
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Razer Would it be right to say : I have bias towards truth ?
It may be right, but it's extremely rare to use the noun as an uncountable. It's more common to say:

I have a bias toward truth.

or the participle / adjective I am biased toward [the] truth.
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"It may be right, but it's extremely rare to use the noun as an uncountable. It's more common to say: I have a bias toward truth."
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Thanks Avangi for your reply. But still I have some doubts if it's "rare" to use the noun as uncountable then why the word money is considered as uncountable singular noun ? There are many su
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Yankee, thanks for your reply too. Got what you were trying to say in "sarcastic" manner.
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RazerYankee, thanks for your reply too. Got what you were trying to say in "sarcastic" manner.

I don't think Yankee was sarcastic!
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She might be or might not be "sarcastic" it depends upon how one sees it. I don't think it's matter of debate here.
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Hi, Razer. If I may answer in a humorous vein, one bad analogy ("the weakest form of argument") deserves another. To use the fact noun X has both a countable and non-countable use, as a proof that noun Y should also; is about as futile as saying that if noun C is used with preposition Z, then noun D must be also. That is, these things defy logic, and usage is subject to change through the age
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YankeeHi RazerI am tremendously biased against the type of spelling (misspelling) you used in your post. If you are truly sincere in wanting to improve your English, you should attempt to spell properly when you post a question here. That may help people feel a much more positive bias to wards answering your questions. [more...]
Yankee, you are rude and were w
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Hey, we New Englanders should stick together!

Yankee's a very competent teacher - kind and generous. She would never dream of being rude.

We've been waging a losing battle to get students to use Standard English in these forums.

I think it's okay to use texting style in our chat rooms, but I've never tried it.

Yankee used Razer's style to make a point about
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Okay. Now that I know a little better, I wouldn't have been quite* so harsh in my post. I just felt that razer was being unfairly picked on. I mean, in his post, he had *one misspelling (if you wan't to call it that): "b'coz," not "misspellings," plural. But I kind of understand. If I understand correctly, yankee was a little miffed at razer's informal abbreviation of the word "because
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