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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2014, 08:45:44 pm » |
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I am so disappointed- I only got 12 out of 15 correct. Nonetheless, they rated me as "excellent".
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Hurricane Annie
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2014, 08:59:03 pm » |
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I got 15/15
and then they accused me of being an English teacher
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2014, 09:27:45 pm » |
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I got 14/15 and they said:
'your score really is truly outstanding. Your grammar knowledge really must be exceptional, because it normally takes an experienced linguist to get such a high score first time. Have you ever thought about going into teaching?'
I am a human being who has been communicating with other human beings for 24 years, that's plenty of experience with language! Right?
Really wish I knew which one I got wrong!
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« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2014, 01:12:21 am » |
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I got 15/15. I am English and so have used the language all my life. I would be pretty miffed if I did not get a high mark.
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Alexis Voltaire
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Shàlle We Dànce?
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« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2014, 03:11:13 am » |
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I got 15/15, but I guessed on at least three.
Funny, the sentence for the question about their/they're/there was flawed in either use of commas or sentence structure.
Wait, did I just become a grammar nazi?
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« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2014, 04:46:08 am » |
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15/15, most of those were pretty easy...
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« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2014, 03:13:22 pm » |
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Wot? (Not related, just throwing this here 'cos (  ) I said 'wot?') |
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James Harrison
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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2014, 06:45:03 pm » |
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14/15.
I'd dearly like to know which one I got wrong....
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« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2014, 05:10:22 am » |
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They gave me 15 out of 15 and I consider myself rather unschooled in proper grammar.
I cannot even properly diagram a sentence!
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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2014, 03:21:00 pm » |
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14/15
Wharrabluddy'ell is a pluperfect? Garn.
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« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2014, 04:08:46 pm » |
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14/15 Not bad; for an un-educated labourer with no academic qaulification's to his name', Like others I would like to know which one was incorrect tho':/>?  |
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Hurricane Annie
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« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2014, 09:49:31 pm » |
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I did notice that when there was a right answer the blue line across the bottom moved ahead
But then - I didn't get any wrong.
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2014, 12:11:52 am » |
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12/15 not bad given I had to guess at a fair few answers.
On the other hand, given quite a few of the questions required knowing some quite obscure grammatical terms which most people wouldn't know unless they had studied language at an advanced academic level, I mean how many of you; HONESTLY know what a pluperfect tense is (without looking it up)?
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"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."
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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2014, 03:36:43 am » |
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12/15 not bad given I had to guess at a fair few answers.
On the other hand, given quite a few of the questions required knowing some quite obscure grammatical terms which most people wouldn't know unless they had studied language at an advanced academic level, I mean how many of you; HONESTLY know what a pluperfect tense is (without looking it up)?
Ok so I looked that one up but I still had to consider the answer. And OK so I do have degree level education in written communications -and I am naturally gifted that way. But most of that stuff I had drummed into me at primary school [ at under 10yrs old] Though most of the former class mates I shared it with on FB got a few wrong and took it rather personally. |
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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2014, 02:58:30 pm » |
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I got 14/15 and they said:
'your score really is truly outstanding. Your grammar knowledge really must be exceptional, because it normally takes an experienced linguist to get such a high score first time. Have you ever thought about going into teaching?'
I am a human being who has been communicating with other human beings for 24 years, that's plenty of experience with language! Right?
Really wish I knew which one I got wrong!
Me too! Very frustrating. However, I did also notice that some of their answers were wrong too - no full stops? Well, gosh! |
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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2014, 05:18:50 pm » |
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Wow, I got 14 out of 15 correct. That's not bad for a mathematician!
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