Commonly confused words test

[Akashimo]

Re: Commonly confused words test

Yeah, that's probably it.
Then again, I used to live in Louisiana. The kids there tend to write chatspeak into a high school essay if I'm not mistaken (And if they don't, they sure fooled me). Once you hit High School in Louisiana they stop teaching spelling and most grammar and your "English" class is suddenly 99% literature.

Wow. That's the same way back in Pennsylvania and here in Virgina.

[Mhurron]

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It's that way across the US and Canada. Lets also not forget that Spelling and Grammar were taught in such a way that you learned that weeks lesson, wrote the test and never thought about it again.

Really, it's amazing anyone can read at all.

Oh, and 'Literature.' English classes should be presented as 20% Shakespeare 80% shit on a page.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Commonly confused words test

Heh my issue is more that I spend 8-9 hours a day in a position where I have 3 supervisors on my ass if I make a typo, so by the time I get home I'm tired of using proper grammar/typing.

I never agree when people say this, how does one get "tired" of using proper grammar and spelling once you've learned it? In my desired field, its not so much about having supervisors jump on you as its about a loss of credibility on your part.

But then, I could perfect my story or article down to the letter and some copy editor usually manages to fuck it up for me.

The only grammar nitpick that bothers me is those people that obsess about the use of contractions. You cannot tell me "Don't use contractions" and expect me to take you seriously. I snickered when teachers in high school would say that.

[Mhurron]

Re: Commonly confused words test

Growing tired of it depends on what you do for a living. Someone who writes or has a position that requires formal writing as part of their job is probably either naturally good at spelling and grammar or has spent so much time focusing on being correct that it comes naturally to them. This alleviates a lot of the 'stress' of following the queens english.

However, if formal writing is an unfortunate side effect to your job and not really all that important to it, then suddenly having to be aware of every little problem that has crept into your use of the language causes you no end of irritation.

Just like with myself, at the end of the day the last thing I want to do is fix someone else's systems. It doesn't matter that I know what to do or that it would probably only take a moment, I just don't want to do it for someone else.

There's of course also the thing that bosses that blow everything out of proportion just make work much more tiring.

[Humar]

Re: Commonly confused words test

"You scored 92% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 46% Expert!"
but thats ok 'cause i got my PSAT results back today at school. I scored better than 86% of the Juniors that took it in the nation. I think thats pretty good.

[Wise Donkey]

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Your Score: English Genius
You scored 85% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 80% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

The fact that is in the 99% in all categories is a bit scary.

[Taskmage]

Re: Commonly confused words test

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!
Piece o' cake!
Icemage

Nice! I knew someone would do it. I missed the whoever/whomever question and the farther/further one.

[Rain_Blade]

Re: Commonly confused words test

Copy and paste results:

Your Score: Very Literate

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 73% Advanced, and 80% Expert!


You have a very good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and expert level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three level's questions correct. You didn't get as many of the advanced level questions correct, but don't fret. This is a great score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got a very respectable score. Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!
For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.



My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on BeginnerYou scored higher than 99% on IntermediateYou scored higher than 99% on AdvancedYou scored higher than 99% on Expert

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Commonly confused words test

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!

Piece o' cake!


Icemage

... /stare Icemage

Oh well.

Your Score: English Genius
You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 86% Expert!

Can't believe I goofed on Breath/Breathe. >_>;

[Nuriko]

Re: Commonly confused words test

Then again, I used to live in Louisiana. The kids there tend to write chatspeak into a high school essay if I'm not mistaken (And if they don't, they sure fooled me). Once you hit High School in Louisiana they stop teaching spelling and most grammar and your "English" class is suddenly 99% literature.

I think they do that in English everywhere ... at least, there was a lot less learning about the language and a lot more "what does this story really mean?" when I reached high school (though it was a while ago).

Oh, and as for the test ... "You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 86% Expert!"