Are You Grammatically Correct?

DY357LX

<div class="IPBDescription">Take this quiz and find out.</div> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Perplexed by possessives? Tongue-tied by tenses?
Hornswoggled by whose and who’s?
Who came up with the rules of English anyway?
Even the most educated among us are occasionally stumped by a grammatical puzzler.
Here’s a chance to show your old English teacher that you learned a thing or two
about grammar and usage. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I found <a href='http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=51' target='_blank'>this</a> on <a href='http://www.fark.com/' target='_blank'>fark.com.</a>

I scored 9 out of 10 on my first attempt and it proved to be a little trickier
than expected. I took a show a screenshot because I was so proud.....
my boss called me "sad". <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Give it a try, its multiple choice and some of the last questions can
be tricky. Let me know how you got on. Anyone managed to score under 5 ?

DiscoZombie

I was like, "OMG easy 10/10 gg quiz," but then I got an 8/10 <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

I didn't know 'bout 'lay' and I got the bad/badly one wrong... =(

uranium_235

10/10, because I'm so good <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Obst

Rofl I got 10/10 and english isn't even my mother language <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Mr_JeburtO

7/10 <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> oh well thats what i get for living in coventry

Xyth

9/10 woohoo

Dubers

Thats stupid.......

Tequila

9/10, and a few of these could really have multiple answers: The English language is a much less stricter beast in the modern world.

Frikk

6/10. I could have predicted this outcome. Or, should I say:

i could'a predicted these outcome ...

Pithlit

<!--QuoteBegin--Obst & Gemuese+Dec 11 2003, 06:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Obst & Gemuese @ Dec 11 2003, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Rofl I got 10/10 and english isn't even my mother language <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Same for me! 10/10 Wohoo!
German english teachers roXx0rZs

Nil_IQ

7/10

Just coz they dont talk proper english like wot I does.

DiscoZombie

feh, you always learn grammatical rules better by education than by immersion... but I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers...

Insane

<!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> feh, you always learn grammatical rules better by education than by immersion... but I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That would be vocabulary, not grammar. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

DiscoZombie

<!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> feh, you always learn grammatical rules better by education than by immersion... but I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That would be vocabulary, not grammar. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think you missed my point <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Mr_JeburtO

<!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> feh, you always learn grammatical rules better by education than by immersion... but I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That would be vocabulary, not grammar. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeah so stop confusing me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

DiscoZombie

<!--QuoteBegin--MR.JEBURTO+Dec 11 2003, 02:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MR.JEBURTO @ Dec 11 2003, 02:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> feh, you always learn grammatical rules better by education than by immersion... but I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That would be vocabulary, not grammar. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeah so stop confusing me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
k I spell it out more slowly: attending classes on a foreign language may teach you grammar, but only being surrounded by native speakers for a long time will give you a decent vocabulary.

now, I'm off to ask why my sig was nuked <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

Insane

Oh, I got your point alright. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> It's just that that rather admirable lexicon of yours isn't commensurate with with the indigenous speakers. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

esuna

10/10.

I am have good grammer!

DiscoZombie

<!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Dec 11 2003, 02:26 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Dec 11 2003, 02:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Oh, I got your point alright. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> It's just that that rather admirable lexicon of yours isn't commensurate with with the indigenous speakers. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
now *I'm* the confused one -- I *am* an indigenous speaker... oh wait, are you hinting that I should have said, "I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers<b>' vocabularies</b>"? If so, point duly noted.

Zel

if the indiginous speakers are wrong, then change the textbooks.

the few i got right were things i learned in latin class and german class. english = t3h geh.

Cereal_KillR

<!--QuoteBegin--Pithlit+Dec 11 2003, 08:50 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pithlit @ Dec 11 2003, 08:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Obst & Gemuese+Dec 11 2003, 06:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Obst & Gemuese @ Dec 11 2003, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Rofl I got 10/10 and english isn't even my mother language <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Same for me! 10/10 Wohoo!
German english teachers roXx0rZs <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
same again <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->

Phoenix_Six

<!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Dec 11 2003, 02:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Dec 11 2003, 02:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Dec 11 2003, 02:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Dec 11 2003, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> feh, you always learn grammatical rules better by education than by immersion... but I doubt such tutelage could imbue your vernacular with a lexicon commensurate with indigenous speakers... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That would be vocabulary, not grammar. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think you missed my point <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
To show off? <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo--> I'm impressed <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Mullet

meh....I got 9/10.


Took me about 30 secs to do the quiz.... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

The_Redeemer

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->You may want to beg forgiveness from your English teacher. You got 0/10 correct. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
w00t!

Actually I got 10/10.

Tenebrae

7/10. I got 3,9 and 10 wrong. Oh well never mind.

X_Stickman

7/10 because i spend too much time using stupid internet abreviations.

We had the "Mock" (basically practice) exams this week, and i kept writing "Lol", "omg", "rofl", "nub" etc in the essays... Oh God...

Tequila

<!--QuoteBegin--X_Stickman+Dec 12 2003, 10:01 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Dec 12 2003, 10:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 7/10 because i spend too much time using stupid internet abreviations.

We had the "Mock" (basically practice) exams this week, and i kept writing "Lol", "omg", "rofl", "nub" etc in the essays... Oh God... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sort your life out!

LoDwkeef

lol 7/10
slang is better than proper english anyway. lol

<!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

MedHead

10/10. My grandfather was an english teacher.

UltimaGecko

Commensurate lies not within the diural venacular practiced in the general populace's colloquy.

This is why english is so special...see a word in another language? want to use it? Feel free! We've got latin words, anglo-saxon words, french words, german words, greek words...the occasional russian, japanese or other asian words.

We also have a very loose system of expression. You don't even need proper word order and the gist of a sentance can be determined...thanks to basically no cases <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> . We have I-me-myself...that's pretty much the only hard one. You-you-yourself; it-it-itself (woot for no gender for objects!); they-them-themselves (okay, maybe that one's a little obscure).


... got a 10/10...but almost missed the is/were one...figured there was a trick to it....is works there too you know <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> .

Jezpuh

6 out of 10 :\
Well, what did you expect? I'm 13 and Dutch is my main language.