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Offline R Doug

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Grammar Check
« on: December 10, 2013, 09:40:51 PM »
Ok Grammar Nazis, show your stuff.

http://m.staples.ca/sbdca/en_CA/cre/programs/grammarquiz/#.UqaF_dkvH6f.facebook

I scored an 88 including selecting a wrong answer by mistake.  No matter, I still missed it. 

Who / Whom really got me, I missed that one.

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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2013, 11:23:52 PM »
94

Perfect me not.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2013, 12:41:00 AM »
88, not bad
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2013, 04:37:22 AM »
100 percent.

I gots grammer.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2013, 04:37:48 AM »
81%.  I missed a couple that I knew.  Moving along just a little fast. 
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2013, 05:03:25 AM »
Not taking the quiz.

I am confident in my ignorance.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2013, 06:04:21 AM »
argh. only 91%
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2013, 07:02:57 AM »
I scored better than any English class I've ever taken.  That's got to count for something.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2013, 07:29:15 AM »
Can someone send the link to Shah?
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2013, 07:31:34 AM »
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2013, 07:33:05 AM »
Goat.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2013, 07:48:10 AM »
97%- I missed one. 
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2013, 09:06:57 AM »
I is good at grammar likes Mr. Whippy.  :D

Only fitting for the Nazi to be an excellent Grammar Nazi.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2013, 09:22:17 AM »
Quote from: FJR1300 on December 11, 2013, 07:29:15 AM
Can someone send the link to Ed?

Fixed.  I got 78%.  I made a few mistakes by reading it quickly without thinking.  There were two that I didn't know.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2013, 09:43:50 AM »
I got 100.

the last time this similar thing went around (same questions, different format), I bombed the i.e. & e.g. one.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2013, 12:11:34 PM »
I got a 91% -- affect/effect got me . . . . always does . . . . . . I've spent my entire life writing around these two words.

Sad, innit?
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2013, 12:31:07 PM »
Quote from: bomber on December 11, 2013, 12:11:34 PM
I got a 91% -- affect/effect got me . . . . always does . . . . . . I've spent my entire life writing around these two words.

Sad, innit?

The trick there is that Affect is the Action word (verb).
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2013, 12:37:13 PM »
100%

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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2013, 12:41:50 PM »
Quote from: chornbe on December 11, 2013, 12:31:07 PM
Quote from: bomber on December 11, 2013, 12:11:34 PM
I got a 91% -- affect/effect got me . . . . always does . . . . . . I've spent my entire life writing around these two words.

Sad, innit?

The trick there is that Affect is the Action word (verb).

Yessir, and thanks! I have this damn near tatooed on the inside of my lower lip, but it's just a blind spot for me . . . . .we all have them, I think . . ..  .

Oh, and +1 on the Pic above!
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2013, 12:45:33 PM »
The ellipsis is only three dots, correct?  :lol:
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2013, 12:45:48 PM »
91%. One I apparently clicked the wrong thing. I messed i.e. and e.g.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2013, 12:48:37 PM »
Quote from: motormike on December 11, 2013, 12:45:33 PM
The ellipsis is only three dots, correct?  :lol:

yes . . . . . . . . . .. . . .
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2013, 12:49:05 PM »
I got 100% but in a couple of cases I couldn't tell you the rule I was following; I just went with the phrasing I would ordinarily use.

But writing is a big part of my work. I pretty much have to get this stuff right all the time.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2013, 03:06:41 PM »
100%...there's a reason why my friends call me "GB" which is short for grammar bitch.  8)
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2013, 05:36:44 PM »
91. I be disappointed with me self.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2013, 07:59:57 PM »
I got a 72%.  :thumbsup:

That's a way better than I ever got in English class.   :facepalm:

Quote from: misanthropist on December 11, 2013, 12:49:05 PM
I got 100% but in a couple of cases I couldn't tell you the rule I was following; I just went with the phrasing I would ordinarily use.
But writing is a big part of my work. I pretty much have to get this stuff right all the time.

And it shows. Reading your replys and especially your ride report was a pleasure. I guess if that's what you do, you become better at it.
Me (I ?) only write when I'm here. The last 40yrs working in the construction trades I had little need for grammar.  (it shows :()

If you don't use it you lose it.  (I didn't have much to begin with.)

 OK I've got one more excuse, 9 times outta ten I've got a pretty good buzz on when I'm sitting here typing.  :bigsmile:
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2013, 08:11:49 PM »
Wow, thank you very much. It's hugely satisfying to hear that.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2013, 10:25:37 PM »
Quote from: FJR1300 on December 11, 2013, 07:29:15 AM
Can someone send the link to Shah?

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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2013, 10:34:21 PM »
91%. Done in by the stinking temporal expressions and one wrong mouse click. Some people have a way with words and some people not have way.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #29 on: December 11, 2013, 11:10:08 PM »
94% - how to use 'who' and 'whom' tripped me up, but I like the tip they gave.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #30 on: December 12, 2013, 03:52:55 PM »
I had a few minutes to kill, so I gave it a try on just a few hours sleep and I still got 100% so I must be a grammar Nazi too.
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #31 on: December 12, 2013, 07:20:40 PM »
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Re: Grammar Check
« Reply #32 on: December 12, 2013, 09:53:47 PM »
Quote from: BuckeyeRider on December 11, 2013, 05:36:44 PM
91. I be disappointed with me self.

Not bad for somebody from Columbus.

94%.  Stupid i.e. / e.g.
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