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http://www.playbuzz.com/jonb10...have-perfect-english

 

Quite a good test that brings up some interesting questions. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell you how many you get right. Instead you get an accolade of sorts.

 

I hadn't even heard of some of the terminology it uses.

 

I got: GRAMMAR SLAMMER

 

Exemplary, my liege! Your mastery of American English is unparalleled (not unparalelled as so many would believe) and your abundant knowledge is greatly appreciated (what, with there being a societal deprivation of such). Your innate intelligence is applied dutifully and naturally to such concepts as predicates, complements, objects, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and -GASP- spelling words correctly and/or using them in proper context! We bow to you, Grammar Master! Carrieth thy banner high and mighty!

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I did again answer the ones I was sure of wrongly... I got Grammar Shammer that time

 

We all have our strengths and yours must be trigonometry, knitting, or some form of ninjitsu, because a grammar hammer you are not! Don't take this the wrong way, even presidents fumble the English language and make up the occasional word (or five). So long as you promise to master the differences between there, their, and they're, all is forgiven!

Kaffs

Same here (sounds like an excerpt from Russell Brand)

 

Exemplary, my liege! Your mastery of American English is unparalleled (not unparalelled as so many would believe) and your abundant knowledge is greatly appreciated (what, with there being a societal deprivation of such). Your innate intelligence is applied dutifully and naturally to such concepts as predicates, complements, objects, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and -GASP- spelling words correctly and/or using them in proper context! We bow to you, Grammar Master! Carrieth thy banner high and mighty!

Carnelian
Last edited by Carnelian

The lucky thing is that it doesn't matter. As long as one can get basic concepts across then all is fine. English is after all a living language and is subject to change. I've enjoyed the Sunday morning R4 discussions on language and dialect, but retain a healthy dislike for upward inflection and peepil who say "I guess!" or start a sentence with "so!" I think that Professor who claimed to be from Mexborough knows to whom I refer. Faux as!

If people spent as much time learning counting, balancing budgets, and simple economics we would be in a better place!

Garage Joe

Exemplary, my liege! Your mastery of American English is unparalleled (not unparalelled as so many would believe) and your abundant knowledge is greatly appreciated (what, with there being a societal deprivation of such). Your innate intelligence is applied dutifully and naturally to such concepts as predicates, complements, objects, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and -GASP- spelling words correctly and/or using them in proper context! We bow to you, Grammar Master! Carrieth thy banner high and mighty!

cologne 1
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:

The lucky thing is that it doesn't matter. As long as one can get basic concepts across then all is fine. English is after all a living language and is subject to change. I've enjoyed the Sunday morning R4 discussions on language and dialect, but retain a healthy dislike for upward inflection and peepil who say "I guess!" or start a sentence with "so!" I think that Professor who claimed to be from Mexborough knows to whom I refer. Faux as!

If people spent as much time learning counting, balancing budgets, and simple economics we would be in a better place!

That maybe so but I spent years learning the language and I do object to it being bastardised after all that efford.

cologne 1
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:

The lucky thing is that it doesn't matter. As long as one can get basic concepts across then all is fine. English is after all a living language and is subject to change. I've enjoyed the Sunday morning R4 discussions on language and dialect, but retain a healthy dislike for upward inflection and peepil who say "I guess!" or start a sentence with "so!" I think that Professor who claimed to be from Mexborough knows to whom I refer. Faux as!

If people spent as much time learning counting, balancing budgets, and simple economics we would be in a better place!

I can assure you Joe it does matter. It's just considered 'not PC' to mention the level of illiteracy that is encountered in so many prominent (and less so) places these days.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Au contraire! It's  considered "not PC" to mention the level of grammar obsessives all over the net. One can come up with the answer to life, the Universe, and everything, but woe betide any slight mistake or misplaced punctuation.............
I thought that Marvello, the amazing grammar mouse made s good fist of explaining it all!
Garage Joe

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