Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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::Points upward::
What Beej said.
Here's a link to a grammar quiz I had to take for my Business Communications class. It only took 5ish minutes, and made me feel all smart (109 out of 111 right, and those two I missed? Seriously never seen them like that). Have fun!
I dunno Epic, I got 106 out of 111. For three of them, I blame the fever. The other two? Hm. I demand a recount.
Specifically whaling on someone, vs. wailing? Um. Humpback smackdown? Never heard of it
And I think bold-faced lie is acceptable usage. Isn't it?
eta: I really blame the fever for the bad math.
Beej - yes to bold-faced because it's the type.
DUDE! Those are the exact two I missed! Let's just say that you and I are right, and they're mildly craxy, K?
Right. So, it isn't that one is boldly lying.
Wow. That may have been a regionally accepted thing. Like 'sorta speak' seems to be favored in some places in the East over 'so to speak.'
Huh. This is me. Standing corrected.
eta: K! Semantically challenged sistah!!
re: quiz
Oh, and the fact that it didn't say "whaling on," just said "whaling." I'm killing and skinning the other boxer for his subcutaneous fat? Violent, granted. But also seems way weird.
That was EXACTLY what I thought. Ha! Now I am emboldened. To correctness, I say FEH.
To correctness, I say FEH.
We reject their reality and substitute our own!
Epic, dear, "sorta" is how some Easterners pronounce "so to" . Those would be the sort of Easterners who say things like, "Aunt Linder pahked her cah. In Hahvahd Yahd."
I got 110/111, missed the sow/sew one... not because I do not know the difference, but because I was having a backwards moment.
ETA: whitefont. Sorry.
That was actually Beej's example, but thanks for joining in.
And you got the two that we missed!?!? Or did you read the whitefont before you took the quiz?
not because I do not know the difference, but because I was having a backwards moment.
Hate when this happens! That's how I missed (only) one on the written portion of the driver's license test. Left decided to be right that day.