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Just the nuance of the language. Im saying _statistically_ those scenarios are "Im currently trying to spell a word and Im verbally asking you which is right".
by JamesSwift 2y ago
Just the nuance of the language. Im saying _statistically_ those scenarios are "Im currently trying to spell a word and Im verbally asking you which is right". Very rarely would that be written in text, and I think its much more likely to be framed as "is there 1 or 2" as the question. I think _statistically_ it is overwhelmingly likely the question as framed is a trivia style question asking for the actual answer.
- jdthedisciple 2y agoStatistically I would surmise it's more often asked with a 1 vs 2 framing, because I don't think anyone genuinely was ever asked by another person how many of any character are in any correctly spelled word in written form, because that would be a redundant question, right? But I suppose to answer this it could help to actually gather statistics on the frequency of either version in texts online.