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  1. 04-12-2014, 07:18 AM #1
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    QUIZ: How well do you know grammatical terminology?

    h/t LRC: http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/04/n...-your-grammar/

    You can take the quiz at LRC or at the links below.
    I got 7 out of 10 correct (70%). I missed questions 2, 4 & 7 (I guessed on 2 & 7, and just flat-out got 4 wrong).

    How well do you know your grammatical terminology?
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...rminology.html
    Josie Gurney-Read (11 April 2014)

    Subject or object, past perfect or present? Recognising grammatical terms in English could make foreign language learning easier. Test your knowledge

    Mobile users check out the quiz here: http://kateday.polldaddy.com/s/how-good-is-your-grammar
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  3. 04-12-2014, 10:55 PM #2
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    Scored 90%; got #7 wrong. I'm pretty good at grammar, mainly because it helps to know English grammar when studying foreign languages.
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    40%.

    Probably why I end up editing a majority of my posts.

    I go off of how it sounds and looks. I was never very good on grammar.
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    um.. failed - another 40%er here. This result reflects my healthy disrespect of the grammar police and my dislike for attaching labels to things.
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    I gave up by q3.

    Don't need no stinking grammar. Give me blueprints instead. Electrical 1 line plans. That's my language.
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    Wow! Must work on this. Only 50% here...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rothbardian Girl View Post
    Scored 90%; got #7 wrong. I'm pretty good at grammar, mainly because it helps to know English grammar when studying foreign languages.
    The author of the article that accompanies the quiz was saying exactly the same thing. FTA:
    I have little doubt that if I had come across these terms in English first, I wouldn't have been half so daunted by [French] grammar. [...]

    Obviously, much of what we know in English becomes second nature as we learn the language, meaning there is, arguably, little need to know the grammatical terminology. However, I can't help thinking that foreign language learning would have been easier if our teacher hadn't had to teach the basics in English first.
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    I'm completely unfamiliar with most of those grammatical terms. In fact, I've only heard of two or three of them in all of my schooling thru college.
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    Last time I really pd attention to any grammar was probably 25 yrs ago . I got 30 %
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