March 03, 2005
Warm Up That Linking Finger, Kathy - You're Going To Need It.
Conclusive Proof of the Interconnectedness of All Things, Dept.
Kathy the Cake Eater, in a post I almost felt I could have written, sprayed crumbs all over her monitor yesterday as she ranted about the misuse of basic English in blogging.
Well, Kathy o'l buddy ol' pal, here's your chance to put your money where your mouth is: It's the Commonly Confused Word Test.
My results, achieved while I was chatting with the Missus on the phone about how to get a photo of self scanned into an email file, were as follow:
AdvancedYou scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 61% Expert!
You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three levels' questions correct. This is an exceptional score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got an extremely respectable score.
Not too shabby. Not outstanding, but not shabby. But that's multi-tasking for you.
Yips! to Kim at the Ramble Strip.
UPDATE: I am completely busted, having just received the following email zinger:
Damn you for doing a stupid test while talking with me. You have just failed Basic Husband Etiquette 101 Part 18 which reads: Never let on to wife that you are doing anything else but hanging on her every word.Fool!
D'Oh!
Posted by Robert at March 3, 2005 05:55 PM93/93/100/66 for me.
You wouldn't know it by reading my blog; I do not correct my blog writing at all. It's all stream of consciousness, I am a horrible typist, and quite often am dead drunk while blogging.
Posted by: The Colossus at March 3, 2005 07:30 PM100/86/100/77 here.
And ummm.... I plead the 5th with regard to the husband test.
Posted by: Brian B at March 3, 2005 08:27 PMOh, Robert, you are soooooo busted! LOL
I really enjoyed the quiz - I have major irritations with linguistic, aaahhh, "oddities" myself. I'm surprised they didn't have "envelop" and "envelope" as well... But, the "breath/breathe" is a biggie with me, too!
Fortunately for my ego, I scored pretty well [rolls eyes at self], but I admit, I still can't remember when to use "which" and when to use "that"....
Posted by: Romeocat at March 3, 2005 10:58 PM80% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 72% Expert.
But then, I am not a native speaker, "I luurhn eet frrrom a booook!"
My score, 374. My husband's score, 377. He cheated, it's that simple...
Posted by: babs at March 4, 2005 12:28 PMKind of exciting, but I'd like to be able to see my mistakes... the bottom half comparing me with my group was the best part.
Advanced
You scored 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 66% Expert!
You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three levels' questions correct. This is an exceptional score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got an extremely respectable score.
Test statistics:
Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
100% had lower Beginner scores.
100% had lower Intermediate scores.
100% had lower Advanced scores.
100% had lower Expert scores.
With respect to Beginner, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
With respect to Intermediate, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
With respect to Advanced, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
With respect to Expert, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
Y'all scoreded 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 77% Expert! Kyngrajelashuns, dood! Your won of da best EVAR!
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at March 5, 2005 09:35 PM
