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Are you a grammar geek?
By: jamesgames Date: May 22, 2015, 4:35 pm
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Yet another grammar quiz to reflect the commonly butchered
English language. Post your answers below and I'll tell you your
score. Private messaging your answers is fine.
1. What two songs _____ the group of men playing?
a. is
b. are
2. Give the money to John or _________.
a. I
b. me
c. myself
3. If she had offered pie, I would have wished to ___________
some.
a. have eaten
b. have ate
c. eat
d. had eaten
4. She ran _____________ than John and this _______________ him.
a. further, irritated
b. farther, irritated
c. further, aggravated
d. farther, aggravated
5. After the man’s conviction, he was _____________ in the town
square.
a. hung
b. hanged
6. Which of the following sentences is worded correctly?
a. Who did Eddy nominate for the office?
b. As a veteran teacher, Mrs. Peggy’s class always tests well.
c. Between John and me, this matter has been decided.
d. She wants to quickly leave the life she is coming from.
e. No correct sentences.
7. Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
a. The two children are sleeping, however, you may wake them.
b. Freddy jumped over three new cars, and landed safely on the
track.
c. This is a difficult assignment, because I don’t understand
the instructions.
d. Several people already signed up, the evening should be a
great success.
e. No correct sentences.
8. I feel _____________ for you, but Jim ______________ care
less.
a. bad, couldn’t
b. badly, couldn’t
c. bad, could
d. badly, could
9. The winner of this month’s contest is ________, and we
___________________ for the best for her.
a. her, cannot help hoping
b. she, cannot help hoping
c. her, cannot help but hope
d. she, cannot help but hope
10. I was able to ______ down for ______ hours than him.
a. lay, fewer
b. lie, fewer
c. lay, less
d. lie, less
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: jamesgames Date: May 22, 2015, 4:38 pm
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Be kind and please post the answer and the question in the same
post. It's aggravating to have to go back and forth between the
front page and the post.
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: M217 Date: May 22, 2015, 4:47 pm
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[spoiler=Hope I passed...]1. a
Group is singular.
2. b
It just is.
3. c
We already used past, so the others don't make sense.
4. b
More of a vocab than a grammar thing, really.
5. b
You use this for people.
6. c
Yah, the others are wrong.
7. e
bc have unnecessary commas and the ones in ad should be
semicolons.
8. a
It only makes sense.
9. b
I read this a long time ago.
10. b
Yah, this one was obvious.[/spoiler]
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: Zenwarrior54 Date: May 22, 2015, 5:01 pm
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Eh, too easy. Have fun, kids.
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: jamesgames Date: May 22, 2015, 5:06 pm
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The website I found this on actually had adults getting scores
like 30%.
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: Zenwarrior54 Date: May 22, 2015, 5:46 pm
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Do I look like an adult to you?
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: Leaping-Deer Date: May 22, 2015, 6:39 pm
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1. a
2. b
3. c
4. a (idk)
5. a
6. c
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. d
I did this when I'm half asleep. So, yeah, I'm pretty sure I
failed.
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: M217 Date: May 22, 2015, 7:05 pm
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What did I get?
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: Lilium Date: May 22, 2015, 7:20 pm
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I love butchering the english language, it's my specialty
maybe i can redeem myself idk.
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. d.
5. a.
6. a.
7. b.
8. a.
9. c.
10. b.
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Re: Are you a grammar geek?
By: jamesgames Date: May 22, 2015, 7:41 pm
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I've decided it would be better to message everyone their
individual score. This way, everybody can give their honest
answers instead of comparing answers and scores to solve the
questions.
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