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   5/10/08

   ekim941

   Where are the answers?

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      5/10/08

      robertstevenson

      Ekim,
      After you see the questions on my post there's a link to the actual quiz. I couldn't figure out how to get the actual quiz on my blog, so I just put the link.
      
      apps.quibblo.com/static/flash/qwidget/qwidget.swf?s=&theme=quibblo&quiz=1yf...
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      5/10/08

      ekim941

      Thanks. I got 80%
      
      Mrs. Friday, my English teacher, would be very disappointed.
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   5/10/08

   MeghnaK

   Good test with some usually confusing words. Could score only 70%

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   5/10/08

   nardeeisms

   I too, got 70%, which is 60% more than I expected. Thanks for the reminders - Nards

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4. 

   5/10/08

   robertstevenson

   These are pretty tricky. I'd go over the answers here, but that would give away the quiz. If anyone wants to discuss the answers, meet me in the Grammar Group or send me a shout.

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   5/10/08

   crkian

   60% which was to be expected

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      5/10/08

      Anniepooh

      Moi, aussi. Disappointing! There was at least one answer I disagreed with completely, though.
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      5/10/08

      Unfettered

      I got a 70% and disagreed with at least one of the answers as well. I'd make a terrible journalist however, because I'm firmly entrenched in the school of thought that says language changes ... language rules catch up.
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      5/10/08

      robertstevenson

      Anniepooh, Unfettered, and Anyone else
      
      I'd love to discuss anything about the quiz with you and anyone else here:
      www.blogcatalog.com/group/the-grammar-group/discuss/entry/grammar-quiz-disc...
      
      Thanks
6. 

   5/10/08

   robertstevenson

   I use this quiz on the first day of my Journalism classes just to remind students how tricky grammar (and commonly confused words)can be. I explain that we don't need to "know" all the rules; we just need to know how and when to use a reference book. I did a post on that a while back called "English handook: for the game of your life": robertstevenson.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/english-handbook-for-the-game-of-y...

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      5/10/08

      ekim941

      But what was your score?
7. 

   5/10/08

   robertstevenson

   Funny how memory fails as I get older . . .
   
   
   All I remember is that I didn't get them all right. I probably missed two or three.

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   5/10/08

   praning5254

   I got 80%..... not bad...:-)

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   5/10/08

   taosunset

   I got a ninety. MA English/Journalism. I've had so many courses in grammar and writing, proper usage, common and congfusing rules....it's all burned in my brain, at this point. I can still diagram a sentence faster than anyone I know! lol

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      5/10/08

      MeghnaK

      That's really great!
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      5/10/08

      robertstevenson

      Excellent score. BTW: I don't believe schools are still teaching students to diagram sentences - BIG mistake. I think we started going downhill fast whenever school districts dropped the diagram and started teaching to the test.
10. 

    5/10/08

    legbamel

    I'm confused. I got a 90%, but I couldn't figure out which one I got wrong because the answers all appeared to be the same as what I chose. [shrugs] I expected 100%.

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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    I didn't know the quiz did not show what was correct/incorrect. I will enter the correct answers at
    www.blogcatalog.com/group/the-grammar-group/discuss/entry/grammar-quiz-disc...
    
    Give me about five minutes.

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    5/10/08

    axecity

    Is there anything wrong with the link ?
    
    apps.quibblo.com/static/flash/qwidget/qwidget.swf?s=&theme=quibblo&quiz=1yf...
    
    It just opens an empty page.

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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    Hmmm. Don't know what happened. I'm checking into it right now.

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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    The link works again:
    www.quibblo.com/quiz/1yfHeNI/Are-you-a-Grammar-King-or-Queen?view_quiz=1
    
    Odd, but when I checked the quiz stats, the link stopped working.
    I'll wait a couple of days before I check the stats again.

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    1. 

       5/10/08

       legbamel

       Sorry. I must have broken it.
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       5/10/08

       robertstevenson

       
15. 

    5/10/08

    axecity

    It's working now, thanks.
    
    90%
    
    (9 out of 10 Correct)
    
    That was interesting

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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    Cool. Cheers

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17. 

    5/10/08

    axecity

    I got my mistake now!
    
    Any spelling is (all right, alright). alright was my choice.
    
    Slang language is dangerous

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       5/10/08

       robertstevenson

       Excellent point. Alright is nonstandard English, but it's used in print all the time.
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    5/10/08

    Anok

    I got a 90. I have to go and see now what I missed.....
    
    Damn, number 6 got me too....

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       5/10/08

       ekim941

       Yep, Number 6 was a toin coss.
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       5/10/08

       robertstevenson

       Well Done, Anok and Ekim
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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    Number 6 was the most missed question so far. Out of 43 people, 34 missed number 6. The average grade so far is 70.

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    5/10/08

    ender

    WOOWOO
    
    100%
    
    and here i used to tell my students i was not a grammar person ....

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       5/10/08

       Unfettered

       Oooooh! And I know her, too.
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       5/10/08

       ender

       i only sign autographs every third wednesday from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.
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       5/10/08

       Unfettered

       True, but you spell your name remarkably well.
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       5/10/08

       ender

       don't i just?
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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    That's great! Ender, what did you teach?

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       5/10/08

       ender

       first year composition (freshman writing)
22. 

    5/10/08

    lulubelleb

    Ninety percent for me! I'm in the zone today.

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    5/10/08

    robertstevenson

    Another Grammar Guru. Way to go, Lulubelle

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24. 

    5/10/08

    BennyGreenberg

    hey i wood half dunn betur if it wuz spelin

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25. 

    5/10/08

    offendedblogger

    I refuse to take this test on the grounds that it may incriminate me.
    
    OK, I already took it and I scored a 60.

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       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       the grammer test chelle not the how was the horse test
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       5/10/08

       offendedblogger

       I scored a 60 on the grammar test too!!
       
       Meh, who needs grammar anyway?! I just use lots of #$^%@! to express myself, and it works quite nicely.
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       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       ya - and all those hand movements and eye rolls - translate well too
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       5/10/08

       offendedblogger

       Yes, in fact, I am gesturing right now with both hands while rolling my eyes - all at the same time!!
       
       In paleo-Sanskrit.
    5. 

       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       I do not have my paleo-Sanskrit to english translator with me - If I pull out my Rosetta Stone will it help me to understand you?
26. 

    5/10/08

    Shiley

    I am so rusty. How the heck did I get into English 101? I scored a 60%. I think I'm traumatised.

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       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       Oh it was english damn and I was using my paleo-Sanskrit grammar guidelines
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       5/10/08

       ekim941

       It's okay. It's not like you would misspell your own name or anything.
       
       Ooops, Sorry
    3. 

       5/10/08

       Shiley

       Snit! Oh, sorry meant snot.
    4. 

       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       is that what you really meant?
    5. 

       5/10/08

       ekim941

       I thought you meant Shhhhomething else.
    6. 

       5/10/08

       Shiley

       No. I try to keep things G rated there are kids running around. I'm a mom. So, I'm like a movie with bleeped out words.
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       5/11/08

       legbamel

       We actually use the word bleep as a cuss word, now. And blarg. We've been infected by Red vs. Blue, so a particularly cuss-worthy moment calls for, "Blarg honk!"
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       5/11/08

       robertstevenson

       This isn't so much a quiz on how well you do in English grammar, but how well you do with tricky English grammar.
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    5/10/08

    BennyGreenberg

    shhhhhhhhhhhh shhhhhhhhhhhhhe will never shhhhhhhhhhhhhhare

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       5/10/08

       Shiley

       
28. 

    5/10/08

    timethief

    I got 70%
    The embarrassing part is that I left the group. Obviously, my departure was premature.

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    1. 

       5/10/08

       ekim941

       That's ok. You always have your soft core erotic writing to fall back on
       
       Edit: Forgot to add ♥
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       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       you passed on all the "premature" comments - wow - that is not like you
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       5/10/08

       ekim941

       Whoa. That just appeared. Damned edit feature.
       
       It bodes well for me that premature departure is your game.
29. 

    5/10/08

    timethief

    @ekim
    *rotflmao*
    You're so funny that you almost make me want to kiss you ...
    ^^ yes, I said 'almost'. I do want your tiny heart ...
    hmmm perhaps negotiations are in order.

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       5/10/08

       ekim941

       Oh you blew the deal by saying tiny heart.
       
       You're not getting my tiny anything now
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       5/10/08

       BennyGreenberg

       she did say blew though
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       5/10/08

       ekim941

       I said that.
       
       Sorry, my Freudian slip is showing
30. 

    5/11/08

    aisanet

    I got 80%. Answered wrong on #s 5 and 8. Sometimes, I disappoint myself.

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       5/11/08

       robertstevenson

       Aisanet, Well done.
       
       5. fewer/less: In general, use fewer with items you can count. I have fewer books than you. Use less with items you can't count, such as I have less time than you. For number
       
       8. (Because/While) Because means "for the reason that", and while, used as a conjunction, means "although". In the sentence: Because, While) that was not the case, John continued to believe it, we needed an although.