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12 Frimaire CCXII (December 2, 2003)

(Linkage) Put Your Books Away; It's Pop Quiz Time.

How well do you know your punctuation and grammar?  Take the BBC's quiz and find out!

I only managed a 5 out of 10, but I argue that some of the questions shouldn't be there.

Posted by g026r at 12:50
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For the curious, the ones I got wrong were:

  • Question 1, which I forgot to answer.
  • Question 2, as I forgot to include the quotation marks in my counting.
  • Question 4, but since both are technically correct, I'd argue this one.
  • Question 6, which I guessed on.
  • Question 8, which I don't feel should have been there (and which I guessed on).

Siteicon Posted by g026r at 12 Frimaire CCXII 12:56 (2003/12/02)

I also had 5/10.

I got 1, 2, 3, 8 and 10 wrong.  

Damn english anyway.

Posted by Derek at 12 Frimaire CCXII 14:02 (2003/12/02)

I got 9/10; the only one I got wrong was the ridiculous Question #8, which, as mentioned, shouldn't have been there.

Posted by MEAT at 12 Frimaire CCXII 15:40 (2003/12/02)

I got 9/10.  I missed #4, but I'm pretty darn sure that the 'wrong' way was what I was always taught.

I think the most out of place question there was the Shakespeare one.  I mean, really... What the hell does that have to do with proper use of punctuation?

Siteicon Posted by Nancy at 12 Frimaire CCXII 19:34 (2003/12/02)

I wouldn't feel too bad about getting #4 wrong, as the general rule I seem to remember growing up was "always put the last damn period inside the quotes". Personally, however, I don't like this - I think it's related to programming, because in my mind it means that the period is part of the enclosed string, and it shouldn't be. ;-)

And the only reason I remembered the Shakespeare question was due to my Grade 12 English teacher's love affair with "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Posted by MEAT at 13 Frimaire CCXII 11:51 (2003/12/03)
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