Commonly Confused Words Test

[olds]

Quit after 20 questions. How long is that fucking thing?

 

[GasX]

100/100/100/73

 

[Pollock]

Speeding in your car is __________.

risky

risque

Either a or b

Neither a nor b

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Quit after 20 questions. How long is that fucking thing?

same! i feel like i'm doing a 3rd grader's HW.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Quit after 20 questions. How long is that fucking thing?

same! i feel like i'm doing a 3rd grader's HW.

3rd grade? Are you in Alabama? :laugh:
I thought I was in first grade again. I guess they did it that way to make people feel good. Damn liberals.

 

[DaveJ]

# You scored 100% on Beginner, higher than 57% of your peers.
# 42/100 You scored 100% on Intermediate, higher than 42% of your peers.
# 67/100 You scored 100% on Advanced, higher than 67% of your peers.
# 90/100 You scored 100% on Expert, higher than 90% of your peers.

W00t.

 

[xanis]

86/86/100/93

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
I'm 20 questions in and bored because it's all 2nd grade stuff. How many questions are there?

That's what happened to me. Actually, I think it was when I turned to the third page, then scrolled down and saw there was going to be a fourth page!

I also don't remember any "Beginner" section heading, so I thought the questions would remain as lame.

Hmmmm, I'm guessing from the listed scoring percentages that there are 30 questions in each section (each wrong answer would deduct 3.33% from your section score, then).

That would mean I'd never made it out of "Beginner", which seems about right.

At least one person scored perfect 100's, and they hang around OT . . . how hard can it be?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

100 in all categories.

Its easy

 

[Ichigo]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: OdiN
I mean [comma] seriously. [<----exclamation point would make the most sense here, otherwise "seriously" can be read as a modifying adverb of "mean"] There, their and they're? <----- Sentence fragment. Who COULDN'T tell these apart? But then [comma]I see posts with them[which are] horridly wrong all the time, so I guess our system of education is failing the younger generation. At least I went to a school that gave a damn about the kids [comma, otherwise it's the school who had said parents] and had parents who wouldn't let me screw around.

No further comment.

Welcome to the internet.

If I was writing a thesis, I would pay a bit closer attention. Regardless, I bet my posts are written much better than most average posts. I would venture to guess that my posts are written better than the papers written by many children in school these days. That's the sad thing.

lol

 

[jlee]

You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

 

[JujuFish]

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

I checked their answers, and the question I supposedly answered incorrectly was a gaffe on their part. "Whoever" is an acceptable use in their example, even though "whomever" is preferred. If you're going to make a test, at least make sure it's correct.

 

[MegaVovaN]

You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

# You scored 93% on Beginner, higher than 29% of your peers.
# 42/100 You scored 100% on Intermediate, higher than 42% of your peers.
# 67/100 You scored 100% on Advanced, higher than 67% of your peers.
# 45/100 You scored 80% on Expert, higher than 45% of your peers.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: OdiN
I mean [comma] seriously. [<----exclamation point would make the most sense here, otherwise "seriously" can be read as a modifying adverb of "mean"] There, their and they're? <----- Sentence fragment. Who COULDN'T tell these apart? But then [comma]I see posts with them[which are] horridly wrong all the time, so I guess our system of education is failing the younger generation. At least I went to a school that gave a damn about the kids [comma, otherwise it's the school who had said parents] and had parents who wouldn't let me screw around.

No further comment.

:laugh:

 

[Wnh5001]

scored 71% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 60% Expert!
the exam was long as hell; i got tired halfway through it.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: JujuFish
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

I checked their answers, and the question I supposedly answered incorrectly was a gaffe on their part. "Whoever" is an acceptable use in their example, even though "whomever" is preferred. If you're going to make a test, at least make sure it's correct.

I haven't gotten that far yet (see several posts above), but the rules on "whoever" and "whomever" are quite clear. "Whomever" is always the object in a sentence, "whoever" always the subject.

I don't mean to insult you. I'm SURE you know and employ this rule. Your wording makes your point amibiguous to me, though.

There is no case (that I know of), where "whoever" would merely be an acceptable use, only cases in which it would be the (only) acceptable use.

Concommittantly, there is no case in which "whomever" would be "preferred", only instances in which it would be the only acceptable usage.

Are you saying the answer they considered correct was something like, "either (a) or (b)?"

Sorry for being so anal. English is serious business! :laugh:



Edit: N/M. Took the test.

You said, "'Whoever' is an acceptable use in their example, even though 'whomever' is preferred."

I think you just got confused. "Whoever" was NOT an acceptable use in their example. "Whomever" was the unambiguously correct answer.

I'm guessing you got another question wrong instead. Perhaps it was #33, where I simply couldn't see how any of the possible answers weren't acceptable. Turns out, I was right, they were. The correct answer was "all of the above".

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Wnh5001
scored 71% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 60% Expert!
the exam was long as hell; i got tired halfway through it.

How many questions, overall?

Edit: N/M. The test was much shorter and lamer than I thought.

English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

 

[akshatp]

Compared To Other Takers

* 29/100 You scored 93% on Beginner, higher than 29% of your peers.
* 42/100 You scored 100% on Intermediate, higher than 42% of your peers.
* 67/100 You scored 100% on Advanced, higher than 67% of your peers.
* 90/100 You scored 100% on Expert, higher than 90% of your peers.

 

[Scouzer]

Advanced

You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 73% Expert!
You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three levels' questions correct. This is an exceptional score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got an extremely respectable score.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: OdiN
I mean [comma] seriously. [<----exclamation point would make the most sense here, otherwise "seriously" can be read as a modifying adverb of "mean"] There, their and they're? <----- Sentence fragment. Who COULDN'T tell these apart? But then [comma]I see posts with them[which are] horridly wrong all the time, so I guess our system of education is failing the younger generation. At least I went to a school that gave a damn about the kids [comma, otherwise it's the school who had said parents] and had parents who wouldn't let me screw around.

No further comment.

Welcome to the internet.

If I was writing a thesis, I would pay a bit closer attention. Regardless, I bet my posts are written much better than most average posts. I would venture to guess that my posts are written better than the papers written by many children in school these days. That's the sad thing.

Yeah, it is pretty sad that you compare your writing to papers written by children. There aren't very many posters here who make so many stupid posts that I take notice. pcslookout is one. ICRS is one. You are one.

 

[SparkyJJO]

English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!

I'm disappointed in myself. I should have gotten better than 80% but oh well, I know there are a couple words that tend to trip me up here and there.

 

[dighn]

"You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 87% Expert!"

Not bad for a non-native speaker if I say so myself.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: OdiN
I mean [comma] seriously. [<----exclamation point would make the most sense here, otherwise "seriously" can be read as a modifying adverb of "mean"] There, their and they're? <----- Sentence fragment. Who COULDN'T tell these apart? But then [comma]I see posts with them[which are] horridly wrong all the time, so I guess our system of education is failing the younger generation. At least I went to a school that gave a damn about the kids [comma, otherwise it's the school who had said parents] and had parents who wouldn't let me screw around.

No further comment.

Welcome to the internet.

If I was writing a thesis, I would pay a bit closer attention. Regardless, I bet my posts are written much better than most average posts. I would venture to guess that my posts are written better than the papers written by many children in school these days. That's the sad thing.

Yeah, it is pretty sad that you compare your writing to papers written by children. There aren't very many posters here who make so many stupid posts that I take notice. pcslookout is one. ICRS is one. You are one.

I'm not comparing my writing to that of children. I'm comparing posts on an internet forum. I don't care to take the time to bother with making everything proper here.

Perhaps if you had any basic comprehension skills you would have grasped that.

And if my posts are stupid, yours must be drivel spat out of an incoherent drunkard.

 

[Evadman]

English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

That quiz was way too fricking long. Did the quiz remind anyone else of kindergarten?

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: OdiN
I mean [comma] seriously. [<----exclamation point would make the most sense here, otherwise "seriously" can be read as a modifying adverb of "mean"] There, their and they're? <----- Sentence fragment. Who COULDN'T tell these apart? But then [comma]I see posts with them[which are] horridly wrong all the time, so I guess our system of education is failing the younger generation. At least I went to a school that gave a damn about the kids [comma, otherwise it's the school who had said parents] and had parents who wouldn't let me screw around.

No further comment.

Welcome to the internet.

If I was writing a thesis, I would pay a bit closer attention. Regardless, I bet my posts are written much better than most average posts. I would venture to guess that my posts are written better than the papers written by many children in school these days. That's the sad thing.

Ha, ha, yeah, man. I agree. The collective state of our English usage blows.

Your answer was so funny simply because of all the bragging you did immediately before committing six sharp errors in one short paragraph:

I could have majored in English easily.

I constantly find errors in newspapers and magazines, etc. I could have easily been an editor.

I may not be able to diagram complex sentences any longer, but common spelling and word usage is trivial.

And then, without segue, BOOM! It kind of defined irony!

But, yeah, I hear you, "Welcome to the internet." Lord knows my personal usage standards have gone down the tubes here as well. For some reason, it's affected my spelling most of all. :thumbsup:

At least you're highly skilled in Photoshop, Odin, and generously share your expertise with others. There, I'm the equivalent of a drooling functional illiterate.