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Started by Syt, February 07, 2013, 09:20:13 AM

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Syt

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/quiz/2013/feb/04/grammar-punctuation-quiz-test

14/14 :smarty:

(I thought 13, but it turned out I had clicked a different answer than I thought I had clicked - gues smy motor skills suck :( )
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2013, 09:20:13 AM
(I thought 13, but it turned out I had clicked a different answer than I thought I had clicked - gues smy motor skills suck :( )

Yeah, that happened to me, too;  I got 12/14, looked at the answers and thought, hey, I clicked those!

garbon

14/14 - yay writing tutor skills

Also, my hand motor skills were functioning.
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Maximus

14/14, Yay NLP skills.

And the ability to intuit from context, which is also an NLP skill.

Brazen

14/14. Just as well or I'd have had to pursue a new career.

I didn't study English language past the age of 15 and was never taught about gerunds and prepositions, so I just guessed from the structure of the questions using, you know, grammar.

derspiess

Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 07, 2013, 09:25:03 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2013, 09:20:13 AM
(I thought 13, but it turned out I had clicked a different answer than I thought I had clicked - gues smy motor skills suck :( )

Yeah, that happened to me, too;  I got 12/14, looked at the answers and thought, hey, I clicked those!

:nelson: Mines gooder then your's.
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Darth Wagtaros

PDH!

merithyn

13/14

Couldn't get the answers to show, so I'll never know which one I missed. :weep:
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Pedrito

14/14.

No NLP, no impaired motor skills, some good teachers in middle school.

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Admiral Yi

#6 to me had no right answer.  :hmm:

12/14.

Grey Fox

8/14

I don't know what subordinate clause, abstract vs collective nouns, active voice and prepositional phrase are. Nor do I know what gerund is.
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viper37

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derspiess

Quote from: Grey Fox on February 07, 2013, 11:02:17 AM
8/14

I don't know what subordinate clause, abstract vs collective nouns, active voice and prepositional phrase are. Nor do I know what gerund is.

Well, it sounds like someone decided not to participate in the Grammar Rodeo.

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Admiral Yi

Don't let Speesh bully you with his obscure TV line references GF.  :ph34r:

Capetan Mihali

"Truth" is an abstract and collective noun?  :hmm:  I said just abstract.  Haven't thought of that abstract/concrete noun crap in a very long time -- they are really more philosophical questions than grammar ones.  If such a differance can be claimed.  :frog:  :homestar:
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