Was not Was
Loitering with intent
- Jul 31, 2003
- 1,591
14/14. Do I now have permission to be a NSC grammar Nazi?
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Grammar and punctuation test.
- Thread starter Stat Brother
- Start date
That's wrong as well. How can you have made " an educated guess". That's an oxymoron Shirley.
Happy Birthday.
That's why I only scored 11/14!
And thankyou.
No. That should be an NSC grammar Nazi.
The split infinitive's a bit clumsy too.
Benson
Member
10/14
I was doing well until questions 11,12 and 13.
Anyway, isn't it ironic this story has come up in the Grauniad?
I was doing well until questions 11,12 and 13.
Anyway, isn't it ironic this story has come up in the Grauniad?
Lush
Mods' Pet
No it shouldn't.
It should.
Kazenga <3
Test 805843
12. Though I don't think knowing the name for a technical term providing you know how to implement it is particularly relevant.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
13/14, but as stated many times above, it's more a terminology test than a real grammar test.
Far more practical, in my view, would be a machine you could attach to a computer keyboard, which then electrocutes anyone who types 'could of' in place of 'could have'.
It's the only way some people are going to learn.
Far more practical, in my view, would be a machine you could attach to a computer keyboard, which then electrocutes anyone who types 'could of' in place of 'could have'.
It's the only way some people are going to learn.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Better still, have the electrocution as part of 'predictive text'.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I agree. There are too many pen pushers, but a large percentage of them aren't high in grammatical quality. Myself included!
I would agree with you, but I suspect a very strong argument will be made by the "others"... It's an argument which has raged on for decades, and will probably continue to.
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
12/14. Got the last two wrong.
I have never heard of a gerund. I wasn't going to cheat by googling it.
I have never heard of a gerund. I wasn't going to cheat by googling it.
I did that yesterday 9/14
TBH unless you're an author there isn't much need to know half of that stuff. However EVERYONE should get the "their, they're, there" question right.
This
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer, now I are won! 
Cian
Well-known member
10/14, which seeing as I had an exemption from grammar-marking in A-level equivalent English doesn't seem too bad.
The Large One
Who's Next?
The prepositional phrase was one we had hammered into us at school.
Or was it over us? Or through us?
Or was it over us? Or through us?
What would their argument be?
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
Something about posession I think? I've heard the argument before, but I completely disagree so didn't pay any attention. It's got to be an an!