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MethodSubjectsRecruitment20 through Amazon Mechanical Turk, at $0.40 each (plus $10 bonus for best comments). 27 from acquaintances and through newsgroups, including Syntax (Yahoo Groups). RequirementsAbility to read and write English. Characteristics74% native speakers. 81% U.S. English best-known 64% age 20-39, 26% age 40-59, 6% age 60+, 4% age 19-. 119 comments received; 13% of subjects contributed 61% of comments. |