Here is the exam you must pass to be a member of the Grammar Police

[aaronc879]

I am below average intelligence, not college material, yet I still got an A+.

 

[rodi]

Test is rigged, gave me an A+ too. I stink at grammar.

Me too.

But I don't think this was really grammar - more like spelling and word choosing.

Grammar is knowing punctuation. Knowing the various tenses of a verb. Knowing the difference between an adjective and adverb, and where they go in a sentence.

But perhaps I'm sensitive to grammar right now because I've spent the last 8 hours studying up the difference between indicative and conditional subjunctive phrases, progressive tenses, and gerund conjugations of italian verbs for my Italian final. I stink at grammar in my native language so it's even harder in a foreign language.

Io studio molto affinchè la pagella abbia una 'A'.

 

[gayl]

A+ but significantly lower in school

 

[Chuckanut]

Hey, where's the question to test the distinction between it's and its?

Many posters here would fail that one. Been driving me nuts to see that mistake.

Hint: watch out where you use the one in red.

Its easy. And the test is it's own reward. Write? Stop ringing your hands over grammar and just let it bea.


The worst decisions are made when angry or impatient.

 

[NW-Bound]

 

[Chuckanut]

My favorite grammar mistakes are misplaced modifiers. Such as "Floating in my soup I saw a fly".


The worst decisions are made when angry or impatient.

 

[ejman]

Also A+ - Way too easy. It feels more and more like getting medals for participating or being alive or something... Everybody is way above average?

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

If you want to be knocked down a notch...take a gander here:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/vocabulary-quiz

I do fair at this, and certainly learn new words from it.

Sent via mobile device. Please excuse any grammatical errors.

 

[NW-Bound]

If you want to be knocked down a notch...take a gander here:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/vocabulary-quiz

I do fair at this, and certainly learn new words from it.

Yes, this is a bit harder.

Got 9/10 on the 1st test.

Try 2nd test, and got 10/10.


PS. Try again, got 8/10. Darn, should have quit while ahead.

 

[HadEnuff]

I think there just trying two hard to make me feel better about how good I do grammer.

 

[tmm99]

Even I got A+ and my English grammar is horrible (I am not a native English speaker). The questions however were more to do with spelling/vocabulary than grammar.

 

[GalaxyBoy]

Those eggcorns will get you!

A+ Kind of sad that's considered the "top 1%", but hey, it gets it forwarded on Facebook when people think they're geniuses (genii).

 

[Texas Proud]

Like everyone else... all correct...

Like everyone else, think it was too easy...


I think I am a bit better than avg on grammar, but really... (BTW, not a great speller, glad for spell check)....

 

[ejman]

Yup, it's just like Lake Boobsbegonne everybody is way beyond average!

 

[HFWR]

Yup, it's just like Lake Boobsbegonne everybody is way beyond average!

Is that close to Saginaw?

Nothing worse than a dangling participle...

 

[Car-Guy]

A+

I took the test again. This time I intentionally missed most (but not all) questions to see what score it would give me. At 30% it told me I needed to try harder since the test isn't that hard.

 

[redshift]

+1

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[38Chevy454]

Another 100%er A+ Genius here. As an engineer I can spell and use proper grammar. I guess that is kind of rare for the typical engineer. Funny thing though, in college I could never get above a C in any English course, even if I really did try. However, I discovered the pass/fail grading in freshman year and from then on all my general ed courses were study just enough to get a C. Save the real studying and grading for the courses that mattered.