A test from the grammar Nazi

[pattylou]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm

I dare you.

(And I'll admit, I got three wrong. I'm embarrassed. Or is that embarassed?)

[tomc52]

I got 5 wrong, a little trickier than I expected

[arildno]

I got two wrong (mixed up a metaphor and a simile; besides, I don't know what a hyphen is if it isn't an apostroph)

[Monique]

2 wrong :party smily: :biggrin:
(never heard of a similie before, and definitely was wrong)

[BobG]

I missed three. Darnned doubble letter wordds!

[big man]

I missed one since I didn't know what 'avarice' meant.

[matthyaouw]

I mixed up metaphor and simile, and got 3 word definitions wrong.

[honestrosewater]

Accommodate this! :grumpy: 1 wrong - #10. When will the people rise up and switch to phonetic spelling? :cry: C'mon, people - we have the power!

[pattylou]

Yeah, but you would have got simile wrong too if it hadn't been for all the hints here. Admit it. Come on, admit it.

[Berislav]

Three wrong.

I don't know what a hyphen is if it isn't an apostroph) Yeah, I lost a point that way, too.

[russ_watters]

I got the first six right, then I got bored and quit.

[arildno]

I got the first six right, then I got bored and quit.
That's 14 wrong..

[cefarix]

oh man i got two wrong :(
the spelling of accommodation and one weird one about some sentence part...

[hypnagogue]

Two wrong. Acomadation, and the one about the long lost brother. (Hey, I think that deserves an exclamation point, but apparently declaring that you've found your long lost brother is on a par with flatly stating "these eggs needs more salt.")

I was disappointed they didn't have the nuclear/nucular one.

And pattylou, technically you got four wrong-- but such technicalities never get past the grammer Nazi. :devil:

[hypnagogue]

I got the first six right, then I got bored and quit.
That's 14 wrong..

Actually, I think russ got the right answer. No wonder everyone's missed at least one so far!

[honestrosewater]

Yeah, but you would have got simile wrong too if it hadn't been for all the hints here. Admit it. Come on, admit it.Me? No way. I know my rhetorical tropes like the back of my hand. :approve:

[Galileo]

2 wrong. I had to make some educated guesses in the beginning and got one wrong. And I made a stupid mistake in the end. I`m still pleased though :smile:

[zoobyshoe]

And pattylou, technically you got four wrong-- but such technicalities never get past the grammer Nazi. :devil:
The grammer Nazi?

[arildno]

The granny Nazi?

[zoobyshoe]

The Granny-Apple Nazi?

[arildno]

The Fanny-dappled Nazi?

[zoobyshoe]

The Crabapple-Fanny Nazi?

[arildno]

The crap-subtle funny Nazi?

[Knavish]

Three wrong. I CAN'T SPELL.

[arildno]

Three wrong. I CAN'T SPELL.
Just shows you're a knave.

[pattylou]

Two wrong. Acomadation, and the one about the long lost brother. (Hey, I think that deserves an exclamation point, but apparently declaring that you've found your long lost brother is on a par with flatly stating "these eggs needs more salt.")

I was disappointed they didn't have the nuclear/nucular one.

And pattylou, technically you got four wrong-- but such technicalities never get past the grammer Nazi. :devil:

No no, that was the nested test within the test. I'm devious that way. :wink: You can assign yourself an extra credit point for catching that.

I've made another (intentional, really) mistake on this thread and I'm waiting for someone to catch it.

The grammer Nazi?
Edit: LOL - hypnogogue you had me fooled. Take back your extra credit point and dock yourself a further point. Zooby, take his/her extra credit point. But there is an error still, earlier up the thread.

[arildno]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm

I dare you.

(And I'll admit, I got three wrong. I'm embarrassed. Or is that embarassed?)
It should be: And, I'll admit, I got three wrong.

[Pengwuino]

I got 8 wrong.....

what crap, I kan spel with the best of the'm

[arildno]

Yeah, but you would have got simile wrong too if it hadn't been for all the hints here. Admit it. Come on, admit it.
Yeah, but you would have gotten simile wrong

[pattylou]

:rofl: Oh hell, I can't find the mistake now. OK, points to whoever wants them, or to whomever wants them. Arildno, your corrections look good, and I think that it was the got/gotten mistake, but I'm not sure. Maybe I thought I should put simile in quotes.

I dunno.

[arildno]

I dunno.
I don't know; alternatively, I'm a doughnut.

[Gokul43201]

Got 'em all !

[honestrosewater]

Got 'em all ! :eek: No!!!!!! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!! :devil:

And in some cases, I think the use of commas is a matter of style. :tongue2:

[wolram]

That test was far to easy, i had some right.

[Gokul43201]

:eek: No!!!!!! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!! :devil:

And in some cases, I think the use of commas is a matter of style. :tongue2:Just read your post (#8). That - the 'acco..' word - was the only one that gave me trouble. I kept debating between one 'm' and two. The former sounded better but the latter looked more familiar. I feel your pain.

PS : Ain't know whey ya get in ma dawg !

[gurkhawarhorse]

yay... only 7 wrong. i thought i wont make any wright!!!
thats why i got 6 merits in today in my english classes.
:D
:rofl:

[faust9]

Argh!!! 3 wrong---all spelling mistakes. I cannot spell to save my life. The BBC will be doing math quizes next week.

[hypnagogue]

In retrospect, accommodate makes the best sense as a spelling. The Ac- and com- are both derived from Latin prefixes, and they both preceed consonants rather than vowels, so the consonants are doubled up. Ad + com + modus => Accommodate. (The com + modate/modus might be a bit confusing, but intuitively it makes more sense for the root to be something like modate rather than odate.)

[honestrosewater]

Just read your post (#8). That - the 'acco..' word - was the only one that gave me trouble. I kept debating between one 'm' and two. The former sounded better but the latter looked more familiar. I feel your pain.I couldn't decide between ac-co-mod[e]-a-tion or ac-com-mod[e]-a-tion. I went with one m! :cry:

[honestrosewater]

In retrospect, accommodate makes the best sense as a spelling. The Ac- and com- are both derived from Latin prefixes, and they both preceed consonants rather than vowels, so the consonants are doubled up. Ad + com + modus => Accommodate. (The com + modate/modus might be a bit confusing, but intuitively it makes more sense for the root to be something like modate rather than odate.)Ahem, I'm sure preceed, was just a typo, right? :wink:
Seriously, if you didn't know Latin, would you have a reason to prefer com- over co-? Is there a reason?

[hypnagogue]

precede, O wise one. :tongue2:

Congratulations, you passed my test. :approve: Now with much fanfare and song and dance and light shows, I present to you your grammer award!

(As much fanfare and song and dance and light shows commence, hypnagogue flees out the back door, incognito.)

[honestrosewater]

Oooh, flashing lights! :cool:

[Smurf]

I got them all right, anyone else?

[mattmns]

This was not even a grammar quiz. The first half was vocab. I screwed up the metaphor one too. Got the onomatopoeia and similie right though. I missed everyone of those that asked about what this word means. I got most of the grammar ones right however.

[pattylou]

I'm also a vocab nazi.

[happyg1]

i missed the hyphen one

[TRCSF]

Back during WWII my grandfather used to shoot grammar nazis.

One wrong.

[zoobyshoe]

I can't even take the test. This web TV browser won't display it for me, apparently.

[Loren Booda]

20 correct out of 20 questions - not bad for someone diagnosed with schizophrenia!

[TheStatutoryApe]

I'm afraid to take it. My grammar and spelling are terrible. As a matter of fact I almost spelled afraid with two 'F's.

[Evo]

I missed two, similie and onomatopoeia. :grumpy:

[hypnagogue]

I missed two, similie and onomatopoeia. :grumpy:

You have to get at least one point back for spelling onomatopoeia correctly, though. And if you can describe the grammer test in a compelling onomatopoeic fashion, I think they'd have to go and give you full credit.

[Gokul43201]

You have to get at least one point back for spelling onomatopoeia correctly, though. But she loses it again, for incorrectly spelling 'simile'. :frown:

[JamesU]

70% :grumpy:

[Evo]

But she loses it again, for incorrectly spelling 'simile'. :frown: :rofl: like smilie I'm just a two time loser. :frown:

[klusener]

I missed the long lost brother one. Stupid question.

[hypnagogue]

But she loses it again, for incorrectly spelling 'simile'. :frown:

Damn, you're right. I keep missing those today. My brain is like a smooth heavy stone splashing and kerploinking into the muddy waters of cognitive impairment. I hypothesize too much caffeine is selectively inhibiting the grammer part of my brain.

[Evo]

pssst - it's spelled grammar

We're having a rough day hyp.

At least it proves we don't rely on spelchek. :tongue2:

[dduardo]

No Soup For You!

[hypnagogue]

:confused: No, I'm quite sure it's grammer, as in "grammer Nazi." just kidding

[dduardo]

:confused: No, I'm quite sure it's grammer, as in "grammer Nazi." just kidding

yadda yadda yadda

:tongue2:

[Gokul43201]

pssst - it's spelled grammarYeah, right ! Next you're going to tell us how to spell 'quetion'. :rolleyes:

[JamesU]

okey, wil u al stop bicering abouwt grammer and speling fer won secind?!

[Pengwuino]

okey, wil u al stop bicering abouwt grammer and speling fer won secind?!

Ahem, its "about", not "abouwt" you numbskull

[JamesU]

soh thas wy I didnt pas languige arts! :rolleyes:

[Townsend]

So....

Who has the lowest score so far?

I missed 7... :uhh: I guess it's a good think I don't want to become a writer.

[mattmns]

I missed 7 as well Townsend.