I don't usually post here, but I had to share this...

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Can you control your inner pedant quiz

8%. I was poking the keypad in fury by the end.

29%

I wasn't bothered by some of them where the meaning is clear and the sentence still sounded alright. Text speak and misuse of 'literally' triggered me though

14%

I thought that was bad, but yous lot have made me feel better

SummerRain "alright"

::wince::

That's why I got 29%

100% lol xxx

14%

0%. All those sentences were wrong.

Yes, they are indeed all wrong.

Intolerable though ?

Just found this!
4%

I'd agree that some of the items in this quiz are considered wrong in (formal) written English, but could be fine in conversation or in a text. But I don't understand these expressions of rage - OK, you wouldn't write it, but really? seething with rage?

2%. Hmm maybe I need more tolerance for Christmas....!

It's the quiz's repeatedly saying "it's technically wrong" that irritated me.

We probably have to accept that whom is on its way out; it already is in spoken English unless you want to sound really stuffy. eg itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001437.html

As has already been said, splitting infinitive is not wrong.

The less / fewer distinction has crept into English and is accepted by many educated people, but it's not as rigid as you might think. languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2819

dice is in the dictionary as an alternative singular noun for die.

Much as my inner pedant wants literally to mean "not figuratively", it's been used as an intensifier for a long time, eg by Dickens - examples are some way down this post: languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3007

You'll notice I'm a fan of Language Log, written by real linguists who actually look for evidence for grammar rules, not just insist on them because that's what their English teacher told them.

Well, a language is only a living thing as long as it changes, so things we find 'intolerable' will soon just be 'vaguely annoying' before they become 'acceptable in spoken language' and eventually 'make it into the QED' .

I am not incandescent with rage - peace and love, even to grammar rules

I agree with you, Pacific. Did you mean OED, or are you proposing a new version: Quaintly Enraged Dictionary?

20% And I'm foreign

I like a good split infinitive.

14%. I thought I'd be fairly relaxed but the text speak wound me up and then it was all downhill :(

8%

I got 15% but I'm sure I OK'd more than that. I might have to redo to satisfy my inner maths pedant!

Anyone who isn't happy with 'To boldly go' is an idiot - it would sound weaker unsplit. The effective use of language isn't about strict grammatical rules, cadence is more important in many contexts than adhering to an arbitrary ruling. However, there are some usages up with which we should not put!

47%

I found that I could accept most of the earlier errors as I imagined them being in spoken language and I don't generally get pedantic about spoken language. However, I imagined the txtspk and spelling errors to be in written language and didn't accept them.

20%, apparently I am strict like a schoolteacher. None of them are intolerable though. I wanted an option for "annoy me a bit", but clicked "not tolerate" in its absence. That was the most annoying thing about the quiz.

I use 'whom' in spoken language, btw . I am an old gimmer.

20% Strict like a schoolteacher

DH is 35%
Easilly annoyed. And Easilly was written exactly like that. Are they trying to wind us up more???

17%, but I've had a couple of Margheritas and am feeling mellow.