A quiz made for this forum
A quiz made for this forum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22512744
I think all posters should take this quiz, with those scoring too low being removed immediately!
I managed 6/10 which makes me a 'promising pedant'
I think all posters should take this quiz, with those scoring too low being removed immediately!
I managed 6/10 which makes me a 'promising pedant'
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- Puberty
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8 out of 10 for me - but question 8 was a complete and utter guess. All question 8 answers unknown.
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7 out of 10, but not sure about the supposedly right answer to the fewer/less question.
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- Grumpy old git
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7 for me too. You use "fewer" when counting things and "less" when comparing volumes, so there would be fewer than three cups of coffee or less than a litre of coffee.
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- Grumpy old git
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Nine, at least two of those guessed. I'm a failure. All those years of education wasted.
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- Senile
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7 with gerund having been luckily guessed!
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That I know very well - so why is "fewer than five apples" wrong?"A-Ro" wrote:7 for me too. You use "fewer" when counting things and "less" when comparing volumes, so there would be fewer than three cups of coffee or less than a litre of coffee.
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The question was "which of these statements is wrong" so in this instance "fewer than five apples" is correct, therefore wrong."Dr Bob" wrote:That I know very well - so why is "fewer than five apples" wrong?"A-Ro" wrote:7 for me too. You use "fewer" when counting things and "less" when comparing volumes, so there would be fewer than three cups of coffee or less than a litre of coffee.
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Bollocks!"A-Ro" wrote:The question was "which of these statements is wrong" so in this instance "fewer than five apples" is correct, therefore wrong."Dr Bob" wrote:That I know very well - so why is "fewer than five apples" wrong?"A-Ro" wrote:7 for me too. You use "fewer" when counting things and "less" when comparing volumes, so there would be fewer than three cups of coffee or less than a litre of coffee.
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4 out of 10 for me - broadly consistent with my place 'in the shallow end of the intellectual pool'.
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- Senile
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Maybe, but most in the deep end don't like treading water and would prefer to be able to put their feet down!!"amershamwrighty" wrote:4 out of 10 for me - broadly consistent with my place 'in the shallow end of the intellectual pool'.
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I had 100%. After the first question.
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- Grumpy old git
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A solid 9/10. And I dispute the one I got 'wrong'!
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- Middle-Aged Spread
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9/10.
i would've got the sack at OUP...
i would've got the sack at OUP...
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Ditto - was going to have a bit of a grump about that which I fouled up too. It was the one about the siblings - how about you?"Kernow Yellow" wrote:A solid 9/10. And I dispute the one I got 'wrong'!