Originally Posted By FerretAfros I got 6/10. Which pretty much sums up why I hate English in general. Classes, the language...everything. I've been speaking it my entire life, and I can still only get 60% of the sentences right? That's because every single rule has an exception (and that rule does not have an exception). Why is English so dumb? : )
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Because it's an amalgum of several other languages. Poor England has had a lot of invaders over the millenia.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight The English Language explained! Why is our launguage so complex at times??? Heres why... If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough If OUGH stands for O as in Dough If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbor If TTE stands for T as in Gazette If EAU stands for O as in Plateau Then the right way to spell POTATO should be: GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU
Originally Posted By Ursula 8/10 I got the lay/lie wrong and I got the is/were one wrong. I can never get lay/lie/lay right. I honestly thought that "...he acts as if he is the biggest..." is correct. WAS is past tense to me and since he never was, I assumed that ..."he thinks he IS the biggest..." was correct.
