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post Apr 8 2004, 05:23 PM
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See how well you do....

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Any Brits' having ago, bear in mind US spellings/rules...
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You are a MASTER of the English language!


While your English is not exactly perfect,
you are still more grammatically correct than
just about every American. Still, there is
always room for improvement...


How grammatically sound are you?
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you can just pop the code you are given straight into your post!

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post Apr 8 2004, 05:32 PM
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Thanks for the tip about it being American! I scraped a:

Grammar God!
You are a GRAMMAR GOD!


If your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
Congratulations and thank you!


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post Apr 8 2004, 07:04 PM
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Well, I'm a Grammer God! Just out of curiosity, am i the only one who caught the typos inthis guy's quiz?

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post Apr 10 2004, 11:18 AM
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I also got "You are a GRAMMAR GOD". Not bad for someone whose native language is not English. biggrin.gif

And yes, I caught a spelling mistake: ___ faced turned a bright shade of red. (I assume it meant "face" instead of "faced").
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post Apr 10 2004, 05:39 PM
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May I just say, I am british, where English originated:

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You are a STUDENT of the English language!


You are on your way to becoming
gramatically sound; however, you must keep
studying if you ever want to be a master.  You
do manage to speak better than most Americans,
but then again, that's not really saying too
much...


How grammatically sound are you?
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Is this good or bad?
If good, then great!
If bad, I can speak better English, trust me.

Also, to get the picture, I went back in, selected answers at random and became a GRAMMAR GOD. That's saying something!


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post Apr 10 2004, 05:41 PM
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QuickHare - what did you do to get the pic appearing in your post? The html was driving me mad when I tried to get it to work.

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After her O.W.L.s Hope had managed to persuade her dad to give her a crash course in what he laughingly referred to as “Parseltongue for tourists”. Being in Slytherin, she’d thought it had been the epitome of cool to return to school with such useful snakey phrases as “Can you pass the apple pie, please?” and “Would you be good enough to tell me what time the train to Madrid departs from Platform Two?”
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post Apr 10 2004, 05:53 PM
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1. In the HTML, you'll find the bit (near thes start) saying < img src="http://...." .

2. Take the bit in the speech marks and copy it.

3. Delete the entire < img bit to the > and place the cursor at the start of the post.

4. In the reply/post page, click the IMG button and paste the URL into the dialog.

5. Click OK, and there it is!


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post Apr 11 2004, 12:06 AM
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QUOTE (QuickHare @ Apr 10 2004, 06:53 PM)
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... And utter show off! biggrin.gif
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post Apr 11 2004, 11:22 AM
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I got Master.


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post Apr 11 2004, 01:27 PM
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blushing.gif Aww, I'm a Grammar God! I feel so proud. Considering I was cringing terribly over the hanging preposition in that quiz, I think this is a good thing.

Go New Zealand English!! It's not as bad as they think! biggrin.gif


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post Apr 11 2004, 07:00 PM
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Hopping in for a quick update on how elenarda's flying (I'm on hol)...

I'm a grammar god. all bow and worship me. smile.gif


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post Apr 11 2004, 07:07 PM
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QUOTE (nome @ Apr 11 2004, 07:00 PM)
Hopping in for a quick update on how elenarda's flying (I'm on hol)...

I'm a grammar god. all bow and worship me. smile.gif

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After her O.W.L.s Hope had managed to persuade her dad to give her a crash course in what he laughingly referred to as “Parseltongue for tourists”. Being in Slytherin, she’d thought it had been the epitome of cool to return to school with such useful snakey phrases as “Can you pass the apple pie, please?” and “Would you be good enough to tell me what time the train to Madrid departs from Platform Two?”
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post Apr 14 2004, 09:04 AM
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You are a MASTER of the English language!



whee, I thought I'd bork up that quiz.

I'm proud of myself, see my head swell tongue.gif

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post Jul 28 2004, 07:01 PM
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I, unwittingly, retook the test. I couldn't remember posting before and didn't check to see if I was already there, so I took it anyway.
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You are a GRAMMAR GOD!

If your mission in life is not already to preserve the English tongue, it should be. Congratulations and thank you!


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post Aug 6 2004, 04:53 AM
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QUOTE (QuickHare @ Jul 28 2004, 01:01 PM)
I, unwittingly, retook the test. I couldn't remember posting before and didn't check to see if I was already there, so I took it anyway.
I have improved since leaving university, achieving a
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You are a GRAMMAR GOD!

If your mission in life is not already to preserve the English tongue, it should be. Congratulations and thank you!

Stumbled upon this and having not previously taken the test gave it a go. As for my result, all I can say is "Ditto".

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