how well do you do ?

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literacy test

i got 16. and here i thought i was a brainbox

15 - I'm going to plead dyslexia

18/20 - got my onomatopoea(?)s and metaphors in muddle!

The hyphen one is a SNEAK, says she who scored 19. Whether you hyphenate compound words or not is NOT prescribed by grammatical rules.

Here is what Fowler said in 1926: "the hyphen is not an ornament but an aid to being understood, and should be employed only when it is needed for that purpose." Right, how many of us were in danger of not understanding "Janet found her long lost brother"? Huh.

I am going to get a life, really.

20, but probably because I have just been proof reading my essay so in a grammatically correct sort of mood!

20, and I was so nervous!

20. But I have a degree in English.

17 - but am a bit pissed and agree re the hyphen Binkie - it's well out of order!!!

20, and I hope so too as Head of English at school!!!

19 - didn't know the meaning of one of the words

20/20

me too aloha!

20. But I hate bad grammar so I'd have been V V upset otherwise! Was looking at a website the other da- no capitals, sentences starting and... drove me maad! DH had to ask me to calm down.

19

I got accommodation wrong too. I thought for too long and they ALL looked wrong...

yes but binkie if janet's brother is quite short it might get confusing...

19

20 - phew!

But is ostentatious really the same as pretentious?

Crap end to a crap day. 19 out of 20.

Snafsicle, no!

got 20

17/20
(english is my third language)

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top marks for me, boast boast,( just as well since I teach A level Eng lit)!

19 - I can't spell accommodation, apparently.

snafsicle, no but it was the closest of the four.