A test from the grammar Nazi

[pattylou]

Main Question or Discussion Point

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:
(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? 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.

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[zoobyshoe]

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

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.