English quiz.

[monalisa]

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

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

[jenna26]

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]

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

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

Not too bad I guess

[Roderick Usher]

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]

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]

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