Grammar Quiz

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    Originally Posted By chickendumpling

    Step right up and take a free quiz to test your grammar!

    That's right folks! All the fun of a high school exam, this is how totally desperate I am to avoid the work I really should be doing!

    So, if you too are interested in avoiding the things you *should* be doing and would like to take this quiz, here ya go!

    <a href="http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/adultlearning/?page=Quiz51&Quizid=51" target="_blank">http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/
    departments/adultlearning/?page=Quiz51&Quizid=51</a>

    Good luck!
     
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    Originally Posted By LacyBelle

    Woohoo!!

    Nice work!
    You got 10/10 correct.
    Yep, you're smart. Are you putting that big brain to good use?

    Thanks, ChickieD. I was needing a boost of confidence.
     
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    Originally Posted By chickendumpling

    I'm here to serve. :)
     
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    Originally Posted By knightnfrees

    Oh, I was expectin' to take a quiz on my grammar and my gramper.
     
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    Originally Posted By chickendumpling

    *groans*
     
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    Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

    I took it but I don't think it liked my browser
     
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    Originally Posted By LacyBelle

    Can't we all just get along? ;-P
     
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    Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

    I don't know why it didn't like Safari. Aren't ALL web pages optimized for it?
     
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    Originally Posted By LacyBelle

    Tempermental some sites are.
     
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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    I got 8 out of 10
     
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    Originally Posted By Inspector 57

    Also 8/10.

    I'm guessing we "8" people missed the same two questions. Who knew?!
     
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    Originally Posted By EdisYoda

    I could tell you my score, but then I'd have to shoot me.
     
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    Originally Posted By Liberty Belle

    9/10. Does the incorrect question (the coolest guy in school one) mean I lose my title as 'Grammar Girl'? :(
     
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    Originally Posted By alexbook

    8/10
    I try not to use "affected" or "effected" in writing because I can never remember which is which.
     
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    Originally Posted By threeundertwo

    9/10, and I'm the one always telling my kids to use "were" after "if". I should listen to my own nagging.
     
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    Originally Posted By MomofPrincess

    LOVE stuff like this! That quiz was full of the most common mistakes out there.
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    Nice work!
    You got 10/10 correct.
    Yep, you're smart. Are you putting that big brain to good use?
     
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    Originally Posted By Lady Starlight

    Faces out the back window of the little Yellow Shortbus and claps and sings " The wheels on the bus go round and round" as she goes past all her "smart" LP friends... "I'm going to DISNEYLAND!" :D
     
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    Originally Posted By MomofPrincess

    ^^^
    "Yep, you're smart. Are you putting that big brain to good use?"

    ..Uh, please see my post in the "Stupid Things We've Said or Done" thread.

    lololol

    Lady Starlight -- Is there room for one more?! ;-)
     
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    Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

    You got 8/10 correct.
    Yep, you're smart. Are you putting that big brain to good use?
    I missed affected/effected and bad/badly.
     
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    Originally Posted By Lady Starlight

    MomofPrincess, theres ALWAYS room for more on the "Little Yellow Short Bus"!The more the merrier!
    Here, sit next to me.. :D
     
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