The BBC Online Grammar Quiz- anyone done it?

[bella65]

See their home page.

I am miffed- I don't agree with the answer to Q3- I think the correct answer is it's impossible to tell. I doubt that the comma they mention would add clarity.

I also object to the question about Churchill because it's general knowledge, not grammar.

And I was taught that 'that' and ''which' are interchangeable most of the time.

Maybe the results of this, on Mumsnet, demonstrate that people whose first language isn't English, learn better grammar than those of us who have been thro' the British education system

I got 6/10.

I have a very good degree and have never had a single adverse comment about the quality of my writing. In fact, colleagues frequently give me draft reports to read through, because they think I write well.

So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr Gove.

I got 10/10.

But guessed 2.

sjd1 you are great.
Thanks for outsmarting the pedants!

The neighbours question was odd too, if there are two people in the house then will it not be neighbours (plural) and hence have the apostrophe after the s ?

It quite clearly says 'the man next door'. So that's a singular neighbour and therefore neighbour's.

but the man could have a partner?

From the information given in the question you only know that a man lives there so it must be singular.

I disagree suzie,
Writing neighbours' or neighbour's simply implies different things about the number of people in the house next door, both are correct they just mean different things
Its like "i am a disinterested observer". It is grammaticaly correct but it does not mean that you have to interest in watching

I got 9 out of 10, and hadn't heard of the thing they were asking for the 10th question. I never was particularly good at English (except apostrophes, never had problems with them) so i was somewhat surprised.

Only 7/10 - "could do better", as my school report often said...

8
quite happy with that
I can still write demon business letters

It's a grammar quiz. The test is whether you know where to put an apostrophe or not.
There is a man living next door, you have no other information therefore the only correct answer is neighbour's.

Yes I got eight out of ten:-)