Grammar Quiz!

[Edgecrusher]

and the longest one syllabled word in the English language is "squirreled"

[ASR]

I'd argue that it's two syllables in a thread where you didn't get 100% on a menacing grammar quiz.

[Johncarllos]

Wow.
What a children's book!

[Edgecrusher]

I'd argue that it's two syllables in a thread where you didn't get 100% on a menacing grammar quiz.

Technically, it's accepted as both mono- and polysyllabic.

[Johncarllos]

It's hard to find definite proof either way, I did a poem on it.
A Fibonacci poem.
It was fun.

[ASR]

I knew a guy who used to say "supposed" with three syllables. It was annoying.

Sup. Po. Sed. Ew.

[Fatso]

How many syllables you should put in 'supposed' depends entirely on the context.

'Supposed to be,' for example, would be two.

'His supposed location,' however, I would say with three syllables.

[ASR]

I know that, but he would use it EVERY time.

"Hey, that's sup-po-sed to go there!"

[Johncarllos]

What a loser.

[Yubi Shines]

I had an english teacher who said "Wednesday" with three syllables.

[Johncarllos]

Wed Nes Day

[ASR]

Ugh. And ugh again.

[Edgecrusher]

That was probably more an effort to emphasize it's correct spelling.

At least, I hope that's why they did it.

[Fatso]

I know you like classic gaming but that's going a bit too far JC.

[ASR]

Clever, Fatso.

[Yubi Shines]

That was probably more an effort to emphasize it's correct spelling.

At least, I hope that's why they did it.

Sadly, no.

[Edgecrusher]

*dies a little, inside*

[Johncarllos]

That was lame.
Like you were grasping at something and fell 10 feet short.

[Mikero]

I had an english teacher who said "Wednesday" with three syllables.

That was probably more an effort to emphasize it's correct spelling.

At least, I hope that's why they did it.

I do that as a joke. To actually say it like that... That is too gross.

I had an English teacher in high school who on the first day I ever met her was writing on the on the board and this happened;

Teach: "... How many o's are in kangaroo?"
[everyone is like "... 2....... >_> <_<"]
Mike: "... But you're an English teacher..."
Teach: "And you're an obnoxious brat."
Mike: "..."

I instantly hated her and never forgave her and was glad she got replaced by one of the best teachers I've ever had.

Clever, Fatso.

...

Sadly, no.

[ASR]

You and your "clever" usage of quotes.

[Jakey]

Oh ho ho, I can do it tooooo!

I knew a guy who used to say

Wed Nes Day

And

I

actually say it like

ugh

And

You and your

classic

Ugh

And

Ugh

peanut butter and banana sandwiches

Ugh

Aw-huh

Ugh

[Vinchenz Rock]

I lol'd.

[ASR]

"Aw-huh" was the best part.

[AlexThePenguin]

I got a solid 50%, however, some of the questions struck me as incorrect. Mostly, they were little things, like the fact that, "To boldly go where no man has gone before..."  is a sentence fragment, and they set it up as a full sentence, as well as the apostrophes one*. That, and the fact that it was made by a person who hates grammar.


*I was taught that apostrophes are used for two things: possessives and contractions. It will forever be imbued within me that "A's" refers to either "A is..." or "A is the possessor of... ," and never to more than one A.  I'm curious as to when it was and who it was who decided otherwise.

[ASR]

Footnotes in a post! Wowza.

[Edgecrusher]

"To boldly go where no man has gone before..."  is a sentence fragment

It's also a split infinitive, which is also generally considered unacceptable.

[Yubi Shines]

The A's and Bs thing is a question of style too, though. I've always been taught to figure out one way and stick with it. Switching in the middle of a paper (in the same sentence!) strikes me as sloppy.

Then again, that's not really what the quiz was asking...

[AlexThePenguin]

It seems very... I guess "sketchy" would be the proper word... to have a quiz relevant to proper grammar, but written with (at times) mediocre grammar.

Footnotes in a post! Wowza.

It wasn't completely relevant to my point, so I added it later, indicating its relevancy via footnotes.

 :3

[ChaosVortex]

I'm not gonna bother taking the test 'cause I don't feel like it.

I had an English teacher in high school who on the first day I ever met her was writing on the on the board and this happened;

Teach: "... How many o's are in kangaroo?"
[everyone is like "... 2....... >_> <_<"]
Mike: "... But you're an English teacher..."
Teach: "And you're an obnoxious brat."
Mike: "..."

Kill her.

Oh ho ho, I can do it tooooo!

My gut. Hurts. So much now.

[Mikero]

I'm not gonna bother taking the test 'cause I don't feel like it.

I had an English teacher in high school who on the first day I ever met her was writing on the on the board and this happened;

Teach: "... How many o's are in kangaroo?"
[everyone is like "... 2....... >_> <_<"]
Mike: "... But you're an English teacher..."
Teach: "And you're an obnoxious brat."
Mike: "..."

Kill her.

I'll do it this afternoooooooooon!