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08-10-2002, 10:13 PM
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Quiz: Are You Grammatically Incorrect?
As I head back to the classroom, I too must brush up on my grammar, the spoken as well as the written.
Here is a quiz you can take to see what skills you possess and those that you lack.
http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?QuizID=51
My results will remain CLASSIFIED.  
Corrected the link. I didn't like it telling me I had the wrong answers when I hadn't answered anything.  ~ Kel
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Last edited by 12dn94dst; 08-11-2002 at 09:07 AM.
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08-10-2002, 10:33 PM
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*Shaking my head*
As someone who has studied linguistics to a certain degree I can say that what MOST people consider gramatically incorrect has more to do with class and status than with GRAMMAR. ALL SPEECH has grammar- it is an INNATE ability of human beings- the ability to find function and meaning in sound. Only humans can do this, and all humans have the ability to do it.
Our society simply places a great deal of value on the concept of a "standard" language, but just because someone doesn't speak it doesn't make them gramatically incorrect- example:
"I ain't never thought nobody could be that stupid. "
Most would consider this sentence gramatically incorrect- the multiple negatives, etc. But do you understand it? Would you think someone who said it meant something OTHER than that they never thought that anyone could be so stupid? Then that means it has grammar, and follows the grammatical rules of OUR BRAINS.
Sorry for the rant, but tests like that one bug me. Just another way of distinguishing between some social concept of US and THEM.
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08-10-2002, 11:13 PM
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Okay, I got 7 out of 9...
I guess I'm is smarter then I thinked
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08-11-2002, 08:59 AM
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<---Nerd 9/9. I guess I did learn something in school.
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08-11-2002, 09:14 AM
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Re: Quiz: Are You Grammatically Incorrect?
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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
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y your restults gotta remain classified & stuh? wassup with that? lol
BTW, I got 8/9 correct. 
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08-11-2002, 09:26 AM
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Re: Re: Quiz: Are You Grammatically Incorrect?
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y your restults gotta remain classified & stuh? wassup with that? lol
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Y U Spell RESULTS that way?  LMAO
Because in the grand scheme of things, I overanalyzed 3 of my answers and did not go with my first choice which consequently lead me to a much lower score than I wish to share with my fans.
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08-11-2002, 09:30 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Quiz: Are You Grammatically Incorrect?
that's what happens when I sleep type! LOL But hey, it was a Grammar Quiz, not a Spelling quiz, so that don't count. LOL
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08-11-2002, 09:48 AM
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What's That Infamous Saying
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I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it. ~ Jill Scott
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08-11-2002, 11:19 AM
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uuhhh well
ya see...what ha'happened was....
Man, I need to get back to school
I got 6/9...and the 6 right, I thought were wrong 
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08-11-2002, 11:28 AM
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8/9
That dayum lie, lay crap 
I HATE when folks say IRregardless...uhhh aren't you negating yourself? IT'S REGARDLESS!
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08-11-2002, 10:00 PM
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Re: Quiz: Are You Grammatically Incorrect?
My results were pretty good. Six out of nine (6/9) is not bad at all given the fact that I haven't taken an English or grammer course in YEARS. 
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08-12-2002, 12:03 AM
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6/9 But it would've been 7/9 if I hadn't second guessed myself.
I'll never get these.
lay/lie
bad/badly
The one that got me was the is/were about the "cool" guy!
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08-12-2002, 10:22 AM
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7/9 >>> not bad for a left-brain (engineer)
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08-12-2002, 11:03 AM
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Re: Quiz: Are You Grammatically Incorrect?
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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
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I will show you mine, if you will show me yours!
Last edited by Dionysus; 08-12-2002 at 11:06 AM.
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08-12-2002, 01:56 PM
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That doggone lay/lie/lied thing got me going.
He were the coolest guy in school...AW DAYUM!!
I got 5/9 - I guess I need a refresher grammar course
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