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Is Your Grammar Ghastly or Great?

created by ConnectingSingles on Nov 13, 2009 Connecting Singles
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Written communication is how billions of people send and receive information every second of the day. And while you might think that such frequent use would prompt proper usage of language, that isn’t the case. Whether due to laziness or ignorance, many people have poor grammar skills and may not understand some of the basic usage rules in English. To find out if you’re a low-quality linguist, take the quiz below.
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1. Affect and effect are often used interchangeably, but they have different meanings. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?
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2. There, Their and They're are three words that are often misused. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
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3. The necessity of an apostrophe in "it's" also confuses many. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
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4. An adjective is a word that:
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5. Which of the following is CORRECT?
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6. Which of the following is CORRECT?
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7. The usage and necessity of question marks also tends to pose problems. Which of the following is CORRECT?
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8. Which of the following contains an error?
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9. Which of the following contains an error?
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10. Fewer and less tend to trip people up, and the terms are often misused in advertising. Which of the following is CORRECT?
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11. Then and than are another confusing pair of homophones. Which sentence is CORRECT?
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12. Which word correctly completes this sentence? I ________ in New York for the past decade.
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13. Which of the following correctly completes this sentence? Mom, _________ cooking yet?
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14. Which of the following contains an error?
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15. Which of the following contains an error?

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