What I learned today...

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I've learned that...

it is pointless to argue with rude people who 

are blatantly bias... and completely illogical; 

it is better that I do something more pleasant 

with my time... like... eating ice-cream.
~ age 49

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Excerpt of Rude Conversation on FaceBook

This person was so rude.
Note the name of this rude person ('Gar Toh') 
below at this website that triggered this posting. 
He's so blatantly rude.

Gar Toh Amy Khor is just another lackey speak to please her master !!!!!

Janice Huang ‎@Gar Toh - Please be respectful. Dr Amy Khor is a dedicated MP, just like any of the revered WP MPs. Just because they disagree doesn't mean that either of them are any less well-meaning.

Gar Toh Janice - so what. Did they respect you when they squeeze out your juice - think lah...

Gar Toh Janice - so Amy KHor paid you to defend for her

Original Link: http://www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes/posts/122157281244417?comment_id=87422
or see this screen shot... click on image to enlarge for easy reading.

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This was the News Article they were discussing about:

Original Link: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_771997.html
or see this screen shot... click on image to enlarge for easy reading.

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Some English lessons I picked up while doing this post.

English ~ Bias & Biased

Did you know that?

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The suffix -ness is used to create nouns from adjectives and participles.

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There is no such thing as 'biasedness' or 'biasness'. Both are wrong

The correct word is 'bias' or 'biased'.

Bias is the noun. 

Biased is an adjective. 

Example: He showed huge bias in his choice of actor. (bias as a noun)

Example: He was biased in his choice of actor. (biased as an adjective)

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I wanted to write this...

Beware of rude people with no logic and blatant biasness.

... but spell-check showed "biasness" to be wrong.

A check on the internet showed this sentence to be sufficient.

Beware of rude people with no logic and blatant bias.

Here's the website...

Biasedness or biasness?

http://www.englishforums.com/English/BiasednessOrBiasness/hpwmk/post.htm

Zwqing:

Which one should I use? Do they differ in meaning or usage? Thanks in advance...

Eimai_Anglos:

Neither. The correct word is "bias".

Example: He showed huge bias in his choice of actor. (bias as a noun)

Example: He was biased in his choice of actor. (biased as an adjective)

Yankee:

I agree with Eimai_Anglos. You only need the word "bias".

I would consider "biasness" to be wrong in any situation. 

You might possibly be able to justify the use "biasedness" for reasons of style (e.g. parallel structure), 

but as a general rule I would recommend not using either one of those words.

Anonymous 1:

Biased is an adjective. 

Bias is the noun. 

Neither biasedness nor biasness -- bias.

Yankee:

wrt {Bias is the noun}

Exactly, Anonymous 1. And that's what makes adding -ness to the word bias so wrong. 

The suffix -ness is used to create nouns from adjectives and participles.

Anonymous 2:

Biasness is actually okay.

http://www.morewords.com/word/biasness/

http://www.wordnik.com/words/biasness

I don't know how legitimate these sources are, though.

coloraday:

Biasedness doesn't exist.

Biasness is an obsolete word and is not used any more.

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