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17 January
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What does biases mean?
What does biases mean?
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- English (US)
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
@HDGD It depends on the context, but the literal meaning of “bias” is prejudice/discrimination towards someone or something. I hope this helps 😊
- Spanish (Spain)
@_kimmyyaa_ can u show me an example sentence
- English (US)
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
@HDGD Sure 😊 Just to let you know in advance, I took these examples from a website.
“Some institutions still have a strong bias against women.”
“Pageants are subject to trends and biases, much like most areas of competition.”
“The judge was biased in favor of the local team.”
- Spanish (Spain)
@_kimmyyaa_ so it means to judge for racial appearance
- English (US)
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
@HDGD Not just racial appearance (although bias is used often when race is involved) but many other things, too. Culture, morals, political views, etc. are all topics/subjects where bias is involved
- Spanish (Spain)
- English (US)
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
@HDGD Yes, but a better way to word it would be:
“I don’t go to church, because it is biased.”
- Spanish (Spain)
@_kimmyyaa_ what's the difference between mine and urs
- English (US)
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
@HDGD Your sentence is grammatically incorrect 😅
In your sentence, “are” would mainly be used if a noun is plural. However, here, you’re saying “the church” suggesting it’s one church. Therefore, it would have to be “is”.
“Biases” is a plural noun, which expresses that more than one thing is bias.
If you want to use the word “biases”, you would say “The church has many biases towards ____. That is why I don’t go.”
- Spanish (Spain)
@_kimmyyaa_ can u show me an example sentence with both in plural and singular
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