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Grammar test

Post by BiggestNizzy » Tue May 14, 2013 12:46 pm

3/10 :oops:

Probably not all that suprising to anyone who has read one of my posts.

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Re: Grammar test

Post by ikarl » Tue May 14, 2013 12:57 pm

3/10 too.... I finded that quiet difficult :blackeye
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Post by j2 lot » Tue May 14, 2013 1:09 pm

5/10 - although there were a couple of lucky guesses :oops: so I think 3 is probably right for me too.
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Post by scott_e » Tue May 14, 2013 1:10 pm

4/10 .... but was looking like 0/10 for a while :oops: (think my guessing started to pay off)

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Post by Lazydonkey » Tue May 14, 2013 1:18 pm

5/10 :oops:
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Post by Dominic » Tue May 14, 2013 1:22 pm

5/10 for me too.

Right, come on; SE grammar gurus, what's your scores?
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Re: Grammar test

Post by robin » Tue May 14, 2013 1:23 pm

7/10 though I disagree with one of their answers, so 8/10 :-)

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Re: Grammar test

Post by scott_e » Tue May 14, 2013 1:23 pm

robin wrote:7/10 though I disagree with one of their answers, so 8/10 :-)
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Post by DJ » Tue May 14, 2013 1:24 pm

6/10. It's the incorrect use of they're/there/their and also you're/your that's most prevalent on forums, emails etc.

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Re: Grammar test

Post by Shug » Tue May 14, 2013 1:24 pm

8/10 (no cheating - two which I was unsure about but made a best-guess) - never knew I was a grammar geek...
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Re: Grammar test

Post by robin » Tue May 14, 2013 1:28 pm

scott_e wrote:
robin wrote:7/10 though I disagree with one of their answers, so 8/10 :-)
:lol:
I looked at it again and decided they were right ... it's the one about the siblings ... though I don't believe it's a good question ... 7/10.

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Re: Grammar test

Post by graeme » Tue May 14, 2013 1:29 pm

7/10. I did learned a new stuffs.
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Post by ed » Tue May 14, 2013 1:30 pm

robin wrote:7/10 though I disagree with one of their answers, so 8/10 :-)
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Re: Grammar test

Post by Shug » Tue May 14, 2013 1:31 pm

robin wrote:
scott_e wrote:
robin wrote:7/10 though I disagree with one of their answers, so 8/10 :-)
:lol:
I looked at it again and decided they were right ... it's the one about the siblings ... though I don't believe it's a good question ... 7/10.

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Re: Grammar test

Post by BigD » Tue May 14, 2013 1:42 pm

6/10 for I. :D

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