Grammar Test - Page 2

[CajunCenturion]

Continuing with the Grammar Test:
Grammar Test

I scored 9/10 on this one.

Good Luck
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[Genimuse]

I'd think that if you were the coolest kid in school, you'd act as if you were.

 

[craigsboyd]

I'd think that if you were the coolest kid in school, you'd act as if you were.

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[Hokkie]

Nice work!
Do you diagram sentences in your spare time? You got 9/10 correct.

Well I used to diagram sentences getting my Masters degree in English from Leiden University (Holland)... should have been 10/10...

 

[SantaMufasa]

Frankly, sentence diagramming was probably the single most helpful skill I ever learned in English. I am waaaay disappointed that it is not a required skill in schools today. It's probably the least expensive way to ensure that "no child is left behind" in learning English grammar.

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[LesleyW]

What is sentence diagramming? Is it the same as parsing sentences... which we used to do ad nauseum in my grammar school :-(

 

[ESquared]

Sentence Diagrams

 

[SkipVought]

8/10 Lay & bad

Try this one -- I got a 91. Be prepared to take about 10 minutes or so.

http://secure.vec.bc.ca/vec/online-test.cfm

Skip,
[sub]
[red]Be advised:[/red] The dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac, lays awake all night wondering...
"Is there really a DOG?" [/sub]

 

[ESquared]

SkipVought,

There's a whole thread devoted to that test, already.

 

[LesleyW]

Cheers E-Squared, looks a lot more dynamic and representative than the parsing I remember.

 

[SilentAiche]

9/10. Can't believe I missed lay/laid after hearing it a thousand times from my Dad while growing up. I thought the "is/were coolest kid" was a bit of a toss-up.

Tim

 

[CrystalStart]

MakeItSo,
I had the same exactly errors as you did...isn't it odd?

 

[MakeItSo]

Evenly odd, CrystalStart!
Guess our minds fathomed a similar thread of logic.


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[Mr3Putt]

Gah! Another 9/10 score.

Someday I'm going to learn that dang Lie Lein Lay Lei Laid Lion Lied Lain Lane Line thing. Maybe it's today, but I doubt it.

[red]Note;[/red][gray] I threw the extraneous words Lein, Lei, Lion, Lane, and Line into that sentence based on their homophonic quality, not because I thought they were part of the equation. Relax.[/gray]