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Kath wrote: "as the title suggests... 10 questions on grammarhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22..."
Did that earlier. Got eight out of ten, (view spoiler) I had to grin at the inclusion of a "sat" question.
i got 6 and was mighty happy with that - and yes, the "sat" one made me chuckle too :)
Kath wrote: "i got 6 and was mighty happy with that - and yes, the "sat" one made me chuckle too :)"I must confess that a couple were lucky guesses!
embarrassingly I got 9 out of 10, but guessed the subjunctive nonsense and was bitten by a modal gerund (on the grounds life is too short to speak gibberish)
Jim wrote: "....was bitten by a modal gerund "Ouch. I hope you've had all of your jabs.
A.D. wrote: "Jim wrote: "....was bitten by a modal gerund "Ouch. I hope you've had all of your jabs."
Oh yes, and I got the Hilary one because Hilary is traditionally the male spelling (at least in the USA)and sod the comma nonsense :-)
i got the ones i felt that i "should" know. the rest i wasn't too fussed about getting wrong, especially the ones i didn't really understand!it's been a long time since i was at school and never really was that great at english language (despite the lucky B at o'level!)
8 out of 10 which surprised me a little as grammar isn't usually my strong point.
10/10Guess I can keep teaching.
Kath wrote: "i got 6 and was mighty happy with that - and yes, the "sat" one made me chuckle too :)"I was sat there laughing at that one.
All three of the sat/sitting could be correct.
i got 9. Embarrassingly, I confused may and might, which might have been a silly schoolboy error (or is that may...)
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "10/10Guess I can keep teaching."
- and proof reading. I got the that/which question wrong
B J wrote: "All three of the sat/sitting could be correct."No, BJ.
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "B J wrote: "All three of the sat/sitting could be correct."No, BJ."
Actually I'm with BJ here
'I was sitting in the chair' and 'I was sat in the chair' are two different things.
I was sitting in the chair implies that sitting in the chair was my decision.
I was sat in the chair implies that someone else decided on my course of action. If the teacher tells me to sit in a particular chair, and then afterwards my mother asks, "why were you sitting there" answering "I was sitting in the chair" is not an answer.
"I was sat in the chair" is
:-)
Jim wrote: "Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "B J wrote: "All three of the sat/sitting could be correct."No, BJ."
Actually I'm with BJ here
'I was sitting in the chair' and 'I was sat in the chair' are two different things.
I was sitting in the chair implies that sitting in the chair was my decision.
I was sat in the chair implies that someone else decided on my course of action. If the teacher tells me to sit in a particular chair, and then afterwards my mother asks, "why were you sitting there" answering "I was sitting in the chair" is not an answer.
"I was sat in the chair" is
:-) ."
I'm sitting on the fence with this one.
I get 3/10. I thought always that grammar, was something, of which I were good at,
100% between us Jason! I much prefer statistics to grammar.
9/10. I got the Hilary one wrong but don't think I read the question correctly ;)
Mago (Mark) wrote: "100% between us Jason! I much prefer statistics to grammar."That is a great way to look at it. I'm going to apply this logic to every test I ever undertake for the rest of my life.
5/10 for me. On a couple of them I couldn't even understand the question, so no hope of getting the answer right.
Mago (Mark) wrote: "100% between us Jason! I much prefer statistics to grammar."You're like Grammar Power Rangers.
A.D. wrote: "Mago (Mark) wrote: "100% between us Jason! I much prefer statistics to grammar."You're like Grammar Power Rangers."
I like it ;-) Now where did I put that suit?
I'm refusing to look. I got a 1st in English and getting a less than perfect score would compound the belief that they sent me another person's certificate by mistake.
David wrote: "I'm refusing to look. I got a 1st in English and getting a less than perfect score would compound the belief that they sent me another person's certificate by mistake."Give it a go. Me good at english and me got ate.
A.D. wrote: "David wrote: "Give it a go. Me good at english and me got ate....."ate, chewed and spat back out by the look of it :-)
Mortifyingly poor score! I blame the painkillers!
10/10. But I guessed two. And I am a smart panties**as once described by one of my foreign relatives
Rosemary wrote: "10/10. But I guessed two. And I am a smart panties**as once described by one of my foreign relatives"
PMSL
9/10 - slipped up on that Hilary one *frown*
D.M. Andrews (GoodReads Author) wrote: "9/10 - slipped up on that Hilary one *frown*"Hilary is proving to be a rather troublesome character.
D.M. Andrews (GoodReads Author) wrote: "9/10 - slipped up on that Hilary one *frown*"you don't need grammar,Hilary is supposed to be the 'male' spelling, at least in the US :-)
Hilary was a poor choice of name for that question. Chris would have been better.Or Pat. Pat is a good'un.
Patti (Ogre for Hire) wrote: "Hilary was a poor choice of name for that question. Chris would have been better.Or Pat. Pat is a good'un."
I knew a Pat who was married to Pat. They had children who weren't called Pat
Ever seen the Saturday Night Live skits about Pat?Lets talk bout androgyny.
Wow. Major thread creep! Lmao!
I did this the other day and got into a full on debate about the Hilary question. That one was bloody stupid.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22...