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Despare 09-12-2006 09:04 PM

English quiz.
 
It is what it is...
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?te...00288064322170
Took it kind of fast but did pretty well anyway.

I scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 80% Advanced, and 80% Expert.

Wife scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 86% Expert.

Yeti.13 09-13-2006 02:29 AM

92% beginner, 100% intermediate, 93% advanced and 80% expert.

The Flayed One 09-13-2006 03:41 AM

92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert

XtRaVa 09-13-2006 04:41 AM

92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

Apparently we are all English geniuses so far :D

Haunted 09-13-2006 06:24 AM

100% Beginner, 85% Intermediate, 73% Advanced, and 93% Expert

I've got a high expert score, but my in between scores are lacking. *Rubs chin* I'm out of practice... (Amongst my Occult books are grammar books and books on writing format, so as I writing I flip back and forth to make sure my verb tenses are consistant and that I'm not switching from transitive to intransitive verbs when I shouldn't, etc..).

VampiricClown 09-13-2006 07:07 AM

Eh, not too bad...:

You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 73% Expert!

Burning in Hell 09-13-2006 07:28 AM

100% Beginner, 85% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 80% Expert

Considering that English is not my native tongue, I'm pretty satisfied with these results!

Miss Olivia 09-13-2006 09:56 AM

:D

XtRaVa 09-13-2006 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haunted
(Amongst my Occult books are grammar books and books on writing format, so as I writing I flip back and forth..)
Might want to read that grammar book a few more times ;)

*so as I'm writing I flip back and forth..*

I'm only messing with you :) lol

Vodstok 09-13-2006 12:57 PM

godamnit... the site is blocke dhere by the firewall, but i couldnt tyell until i had finished the damn test......

Haunted 09-13-2006 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by XtRaVa
Might want to read that grammar book a few more times ;)

*so as I'm writing I flip back and forth..*

I'm only messing with you :) lol

:D Oh! Oh! Alas! Alack! Alack-aday! (and lawks, I'm sure!) I did but leave out a comma! Forsooth, I have comitted such an attrocity that I should be put to death! *swoons*

You're just jealous because when we get to the expert level, I kick ass! Er...thus far, anway...:cool: :D

Despare 09-13-2006 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haunted
:D Oh! Oh! Alas! Alack! Alack-aday! (and lawks, I'm sure!) I did but leave out a comma! Forsooth, I have comitted such an attrocity that I should be put to death! *swoons*

You're just jealous because when we get to the expert level, I kick ass! Er...thus far, anway...:cool: :D

You said, "so as I writing I flip back". More than a comma, you're lucky the grammar police haven't picked you up yet! ;)

Roderick Usher 09-13-2006 04:18 PM

100,100, 80, 93

kind of shameful

This is my job and I couldn't ace it:(

Haunted 09-13-2006 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Despare
You said, "so as I writing I flip back". More than a comma, you're lucky the grammar police haven't picked you up yet! ;)
HAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! :D

It was a fucking typo, which was why I kept overlooking it. I was reading what I meant to type, ya dig? Silly!:D

Usher and I are tied with 93% at the "expert level." We're both writers... Every dog has her or his day.

(Unless he'd like to profess that I am some how inferior. *quirks eyebrow*)



:cool:

noctuary 09-13-2006 05:53 PM

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 86% Expert!

I are smrt at englush.

Roderick Usher 09-13-2006 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haunted
[B]Usher and I are tied with 93% at the "expert level." We're both writers... Every dog has her or his day.

(Unless he'd like to profess that I am some how inferior. *quirks eyebrow*)

I could never presume superiority. I humbly bow before you.

Despare 09-13-2006 07:41 PM

It doesn't test grammar at all, just commonly misused words. Anyway, you could have gotten 100% on all of them and not been scored that way.

"This is how it works: I wrote the questions, and I assigned points to each correct question. The program (or whatever it is called) on OKCupid calculates your score based on your answers and the points that I assigned to each answer. Sometimes its calculations are wrong, giving you 0% when you answered all of them correctly in reality.

I am very sorry about this; however, there is nothing I can do about it! That is one of the main reasons I created this blog - so you can check your answers. Please don't get mad at me and post the fact that OKCupid scored your test wrong."

Haunted 09-14-2006 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Roderick Usher
I could never presume superiority. I humbly bow before you.
YOU SHOULD!!!!!!! No, seriously...:D

They were playing "silly buggers" all along! So... I WIN! Actually, I know I fucked up on a couple of the questions, because I thought about them in retrospect and had a Homer Simpson moment.

Er...I know this wasn't on the test, but could some one explain the difference between e.g. and i.e. to me again, in so far as their use in a sentence and so forth? I get confused.

:)

The_Return 09-14-2006 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haunted
[B]

Usher and I are tied with 93% at the "expert level." We're both writers... Every dog has her or his day.

I dont think that dude wouuld even pass an English test...

http://cdn-channels.netscape.com/gal.../usher/lg1.jpg

XtRaVa 09-14-2006 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haunted
YOU SHOULD!!!!!!! No, seriously...:D

They were playing "silly buggers" all along! So... I WIN! Actually, I know I fucked up on a couple of the questions, because I thought about them in retrospect and had a Homer Simpson moment.

Yeah same, after I clicked next set I thought back and realised I'd made a stupid mistake.

Lol @ Your previous posts :D

monalisa 09-14-2006 07:41 AM

Hmmmm, I guess I'm no expert!:p

You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 60% Expert!

jenna26 09-14-2006 10:32 AM

I actually enjoyed this quiz, so I had to post my results as well.

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

Need to work at that, since I also write dammit....:p

The_Return 09-14-2006 02:55 PM

Fun quiz...I could use some work though.

85% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 66% Expert

Not too bad I guess

Roderick Usher 09-14-2006 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haunted
Er...I know this wasn't on the test, but could some one explain the difference between e.g. and i.e. to me again, in so far as their use in a sentence and so forth? I get confused.
:)

e.g. stands for the Latin "exempli gratia" which translates directly to "for the sake of example."

i.e. is, you guessed it, Latin again this one stands for "id est" which is literally "that is."

e.g. is "for example"
i.e. is "in other words"

monalisa 09-14-2006 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Roderick Usher
e.g. stands for the Latin "exempli gratia" which translates directly to "for the sake of example."

i.e. is, you guessed it, Latin again this one stands for "id est" which is literally "that is."

e.g. is "for example"
i.e. is "in other words"

Cool! I never knew what they meant. I thought i.e. stood for "in example", so I've been using the wrong one all these years. :eek:

Roderick Usher 09-15-2006 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by monalisa
Cool! I never knew what they meant. I thought i.e. stood for "in example", so I've been using the wrong one all these years. :eek:
stick with e.g. unless you're using terminology that someone may not get.
Like:
The patient died of a myocardial infarction i.e. a heart attack (e.g.):D


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