Write important emails in the afternoon

Company analysed a billion words its service corrected to determine how time of day affects spelling and grammar mistakes on the web.

Update: 2016-09-28 20:26 GMT
According to data, writers made the fewest mistakes (3.7 for every 100 words) during the afternoon from 1 pm to 5 pm.

If you’re going to write something important, it’s best to do it in the afternoon, according to a recent survey from Grammarly, an extension for web browsers and Microsoft Office that corrects spelling and grammar mistakes.

For its blog, the company analysed a billion words its service corrected to determine how time of day affects spelling and grammar mistakes on the web.

Grammarly found that, on average, early risers writing between 4 am and 8 am made 11.8 mistakes per 100 words written, while those writing between 10 pm and 2 am made 14.3 mistakes for every 100 words.

People seem to write best in the middle of the day, proving that you really shouldn’t be sending work emails at 4 am According to the data, writers made the fewest mistakes (3.7 for every 100 words) during the afternoon, from 1 pm to 5 pm. So save those important emails for after lunch.
Source: www.mentalfloss.com

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