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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Wed May 15, 2013 1:23 am

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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by Jason » Wed May 15, 2013 1:31 am

Steve did the test twice. :tea:
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by SteveB » Wed May 15, 2013 1:49 am

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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by Trinity » Wed May 15, 2013 8:47 am

yay! I gotz 10 *smug mode*.
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by JimC » Wed May 15, 2013 9:05 am

Only 5 out of 10, but anything more would disqualify me as a serious maths teacher...

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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 15, 2013 9:11 am

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I know you did. I still did it because I knew you would make this post. And I know what you are going to say next... :levi:
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by FBM » Wed May 15, 2013 9:14 am

rEvolutionist wrote:
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rEvolutionist wrote:Goddamn. :razzle:
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I know you did. I still did it because I knew you would make this post. And I know what you are going to say next... :levi:
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by JimC » Wed May 15, 2013 9:17 am

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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by En_Route » Thu May 16, 2013 9:47 pm

JimC wrote:Only 5 out of 10, but anything more would disqualify me as a serious maths teacher...

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That must explain why I got 11.
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by Tyrannical » Sat May 25, 2013 7:37 am

8 out of ten.

Read this sentence carefully. "I'd like to introduce you to my sister Clara, who lives in Madrid, to Benedict, my brother who doesn't, and to my only other sibling, Hilary." Which of the following is correct?

He's male. The absence of a comma before "who doesn't" implies that there are other brothers. A comma after "my brother" would mean that there was only one brother.
I don't know if I buy that answer.
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It's the preposition. The story is apocryphal. It is likely that the comment came from a memorandum written by one of Churchill's civil servants.
Except put isn't being used as a preposition, it is being used as a verb.
Which of the following is not correct?

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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by Hermit » Sat May 25, 2013 8:58 am

Surprise! I'm a promising pedant. 7/10.

Luckily there were not more questions involving punctuation. I would have done even worse.
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by hadespussercats » Sat May 25, 2013 1:42 pm

tyrannical wrote:"This is the kind of tedious nonsense up with which I will not put!" Which grammar rule was Winston Churchill supposed to have objected to?
It's the preposition. The story is apocryphal. It is likely that the comment came from a memorandum written by one of Churchill's civil servants.

Except put isn't being used as a preposition, it is being used as a verb.
"Up" is the preposition in question.
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by hadespussercats » Sat May 25, 2013 1:43 pm

Hermit wrote:Surprise! I'm a promising pedant. 7/10.

Luckily there were not more questions involving punctuation. I would have done even worse.
When did you start speaking English, Hermit? It's a particularly good score for a second language.
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Re: Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

Post by Svartalf » Sat May 25, 2013 1:57 pm

9/10 and the one I failed was damn subtle... I'm surprised myself at ssuch a good result.
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