albion534
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7/14....but then i dont give a shit about my grammer
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Grammar and punctuation test.
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Herne Hill Seagull
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Or your spelling. Or punctuation.
14/14 in my case – but then I'm a proofreader, so kind of should be hitting that number.
Hillian1
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6, f***ing 6.
I'm pretty sure none of that was taught when I was at school.
I'm pretty sure none of that was taught when I was at school.
I did that yesterday 9/14
TBH unless you're an author there isn't much need to know half of that stuff. However EVERYONE should get the "their, they're, there" question right.
Should be the fit and proper test before being allowed to post on NSC!
Should be the fit and proper test before being allowed to post on NSC!
With a threshold of at least 12
Should be the fit and proper test before being allowed to post on NSC!
I think NSC would be better served by automatically issuing warnings to anyone that types "would of", "could of" or "should of". A 3 strikes and you're banned approach would probably work best.
father_and_son
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11/14.... I will officially hand in my Grammar Nazi uniform and gracefully retire. (or would it be "retire gracefully"?)
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
14/14. I'd never heard of a 'gerund' before, but took an educated guess.
tinycowboy
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Full house for me - I love my grammar.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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haha, loved that response
To stop this dragging out any longer, if the word after 'an' starts with a letter than is phonetically a vowel (e.g. EN ES CE) or FBI (EF BE I), it should have 'an' before it. I got 11/14, but the fact I didn't know many of them (I didn't get taught it) shows how good kids are at taking exams. We're taught to pass exams, that is use all the information we have available without knowing the answer and taking the best guess we can. The education system is f***ed
Shropshire Seagull
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10 for me
and on checking my errors was running at 10 our of 10 - but like the Albion, lost my way in the final third.
Gerund - seriously thought about goggle-ling that but decided my life would be no more fulfilled for knowing - so guessed wrong ...
What are the rules abpout turning a noun into a verb, like texting and googling etc. - are these allowed or slang?
and on checking my errors was running at 10 our of 10 - but like the Albion, lost my way in the final third.
Gerund - seriously thought about goggle-ling that but decided my life would be no more fulfilled for knowing - so guessed wrong ...
What are the rules abpout turning a noun into a verb, like texting and googling etc. - are these allowed or slang?
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
No it shouldn't.
Surely it depends how you say 'NSC' in your mind, if you read it as "North Stand Chat" then it's 'a NSC grammar Nazi', if you read it as "En-ess-see" then it's 'an NSC grammar Nazi'?
terryberry1
Well-known member
12/14
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
haha, loved that response
What about "hotel"
an or a ?
Lord Bracknell
On fire
A gerund is a part of a verb that acts in a sentence as if it was a noun. For example ...
Spelling is easy.
'Spelling' is the gerund of the verb 'to spell'.
Spelling is easy.
'Spelling' is the gerund of the verb 'to spell'.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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a, I don't see how you can pronounce it with a vowel at the front
Things like "utility" are tricky, most people say an but it's actually a (a utility shop) etc
ROSM
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I have no issue with this being taught in school. The new key stage 2 SATS will have spelling and grammar as part of it. The issue I have is that no marking scheme or benchmarks have been supplied for it. There is a political motive to say that spelling and grammar are shocking at school and I suggest that whatever the results achieved, they will likely be manipulated to show that standards are dreadful.