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FngKestrel · 11-04-2005, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredweena

However, I am concerned that I scored 100% on Beginner, but higher than 66% of people in my gender, age range, etc. Who are the 44% overachievers that scored more than 100%?! I'll kick yo' heiney.

Uh, you mean 34%?

vermin · 11-04-2005, 06:33 PM

You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 86% Expert!

Grasshopper Green · 11-04-2005, 07:05 PM

I'm an English genius...well, according to this test anyway.

100% on beginner, intermediate, advanced, and 80% on expert.

maleficent · 11-04-2005, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brian1975

hehe, reminds me of the thread about credit card debit and how nearly every poster, either had no credit card debit or paid it off immediately. Almost the opposite of what real life is like.....

well those of us with crushing debt wouldnt be bragging about it

gremlinx8 · 11-04-2005, 08:17 PM

English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

THGL · 11-04-2005, 08:57 PM

English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

You scored higher than 55% on Beginner
You scored higher than 15% on Intermediate
You scored higher than 65% on Advanced
You scored higher than 43% on Expert

I can live with that.

Reese · 11-04-2005, 09:30 PM

English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

I'm may know the answer, but that doesn't mean I always use the right one when typing. While taking the test, like 10 seconds after I got the Than/Then question right, I used the wrong one in chat.

Suave · 11-05-2005, 02:10 AM

Pah. One wrong on each the advanced and expert levels. Stupid mistake on stationery (chose stationary, but it's late so I forgive myself

).

Good to know that my enormous ego regarding my verbal abilities is well-supported by a test.

Interestingly enough, most people in my demographic screwed up more on the beginner level than any of the higher ones.

LewisCouch · 11-05-2005, 10:36 PM

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

- attributed to Winston Churchill

tspikes51 · 11-06-2005, 08:32 PM

I "missed" one question. Could somebody please explain why "me" would have been the appropriate choice in the sentence "He went to the banquet with Naomi and me." I'm pretty sure if the first person singular pronoun comes directly after a conjunction that is preceeded by a noun being paired with the pronoun, that it is always most appropriate to choose "I," regardless of what else is in the sentence.

Coppertop · 11-06-2005, 08:46 PM

You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

You scored higher than 25% on Beginner
You scored higher than 40% on Intermediate
You scored higher than 15% on Advanced
You scored higher than 81% on Expert

Yay me!

Stiltzkin · 11-06-2005, 11:18 PM

I got 36/40. Not too shabby.

Suave · 11-06-2005, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tspikes51

I "missed" one question. Could somebody please explain why "me" would have been the appropriate choice in the sentence "He went to the banquet with Naomi and me." I'm pretty sure if the first person singular pronoun comes directly after a conjunction that is preceeded by a noun being paired with the pronoun, that it is always most appropriate to choose "I," regardless of what else is in the sentence.

I know the English language primarily by rote, and don't know all this noun-pronoun-adverb-etc type ruling.

I just cut out the "Naomi and" part to figure it out. "He went to the banquet with me" is correct, whereas "he went to the banquet with I" sounds awful.

MiSo · 11-07-2005, 12:51 AM

Advanced
You scored 85% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 73% Expert!

not bad i guess.

spindles · 11-07-2005, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredweena

Who are the 44% overachievers that scored more than 100%?! I'll kick yo' heiney.

No, 34% scored exactly the same as you. You were not more than them, they were not more than you

kramus · 11-07-2005, 04:24 PM

English Genius

You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

Higher than 27% on Beginner
Higher than 44% on Intermediate
Higher than 79% on Advanced
Higher than 57% on Expert

So much for my purported facility with my native language - didn't crack the 90% barrier in Expert. *sighs*

Edited because I just crawled into the 80% barrier in Expert, which really should have been what I said in the first place. *doh - slaps forehead*

katie_ann1031 · 11-07-2005, 09:19 PM

To all you geniuses....I hate you!!!!

Advanced
You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 73% Expert!
You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three levels' questions correct. This is an exceptional score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got an extremely respectable score.

The sad part is, I'm a writer. I should have been in the genius catagory.

rsl12 · 11-21-2005, 10:59 AM

hmmm 100% on everything! I got teased in middle school because I always got 100% on grammar tests.

MSD · 11-21-2005, 08:44 PM

92/100/100/93

I disagreed with a few of what I assumed to be the crrect answers and put what I thought was right. If I had put what I thought they wanted, I'd probably hit 100 on all of them, but I'm stubborn.

Mantus · 11-21-2005, 09:02 PM

85% Beginner,
92% Intermediate,
73% Advanced,
100% Expert!

Odd

irateplatypus · 11-21-2005, 09:47 PM

mark me down as another run-of-the-mill "English Genius".

BBtB · 11-22-2005, 11:45 AM

I think this thing is broken. Then again I did rush through it and it crashed on me three times. Did question #31 disturb anyone else?

Advanced
You scored higher than 5% on Beginner
You scored higher than 47% on Intermediate
You scored higher than 7% on Advanced
You scored higher than 38% on Expert

11-04-2005, 06:33 PM	#42 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 86% Expert! __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

11-04-2005, 07:05 PM	#43 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	I'm an English genius...well, according to this test anyway. 100% on beginner, intermediate, advanced, and 80% on expert. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

11-04-2005, 08:57 PM	#46 (permalink)
THGL Psycho Location: Louisville, KY	English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert! You scored higher than 55% on Beginner You scored higher than 15% on Intermediate You scored higher than 65% on Advanced You scored higher than 43% on Expert I can live with that. __________________ "The truth is merely an excuse for lack of imagination." - Garak

11-04-2005, 09:30 PM	#47 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 80% Expert! I'm may know the answer, but that doesn't mean I always use the right one when typing. While taking the test, like 10 seconds after I got the Than/Then question right, I used the wrong one in chat. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

11-05-2005, 02:10 AM	#48 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	Pah. One wrong on each the advanced and expert levels. Stupid mistake on stationery (chose stationary, but it's late so I forgive myself ). Good to know that my enormous ego regarding my verbal abilities is well-supported by a test. Interestingly enough, most people in my demographic screwed up more on the beginner level than any of the higher ones. __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

11-04-2005, 08:17 PM	#45 (permalink)
gremlinx8 Insane Location: Illinois	English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

11-05-2005, 10:36 PM	#49 (permalink)
LewisCouch Insane Location: Pacific NW	This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put. - attributed to Winston Churchill __________________ "The gift of liberty is like that of a horse, handsome, strong, and high-spirited. In some it arouses a wish to ride; in many others, on the contrary, it increases the desire to walk." -- Massimo d'Azeglio

11-06-2005, 08:32 PM	#50 (permalink)
tspikes51 Fuckin' A Location: Lex Vegas	I "missed" one question. Could somebody please explain why "me" would have been the appropriate choice in the sentence "He went to the banquet with Naomi and me." I'm pretty sure if the first person singular pronoun comes directly after a conjunction that is preceeded by a noun being paired with the pronoun, that it is always most appropriate to choose "I," regardless of what else is in the sentence. __________________ "I'm telling you, we need to get rid of a few people or a million." -Maddox

11-06-2005, 08:46 PM	#51 (permalink)
Coppertop Getting Medieval on your ass Location: 13th century Europe	You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 93% Expert! You scored higher than 25% on Beginner You scored higher than 40% on Intermediate You scored higher than 15% on Advanced You scored higher than 81% on Expert Yay me!

11-06-2005, 11:18 PM	#52 (permalink)
Stiltzkin Junkie	I got 36/40. Not too shabby.

11-07-2005, 12:51 AM	#54 (permalink)
MiSo Psycho	Advanced You scored 85% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 73% Expert! not bad i guess.

11-07-2005, 04:24 PM	#56 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	English Genius You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert! Higher than 27% on Beginner Higher than 44% on Intermediate Higher than 79% on Advanced Higher than 57% on Expert So much for my purported facility with my native language - didn't crack the 90% barrier in Expert. sighs Edited because I just crawled into the 80% barrier in Expert, which really should have been what I said in the first place. doh - slaps forehead __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca Last edited by kramus; 11-07-2005 at 04:38 PM..

11-07-2005, 09:19 PM	#57 (permalink)
katie_ann1031 Tilted Location: New Hampshuh	To all you geniuses....I hate you!!!! Advanced You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 73% Expert! You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three levels' questions correct. This is an exceptional score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got an extremely respectable score. The sad part is, I'm a writer. I should have been in the genius catagory.

11-21-2005, 10:59 AM	#58 (permalink)
rsl12 On the lam Location: northern va	hmmm 100% on everything! I got teased in middle school because I always got 100% on grammar tests. __________________ oh baby oh baby, i like gravy.

11-21-2005, 08:44 PM	#59 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	92/100/100/93 I disagreed with a few of what I assumed to be the crrect answers and put what I thought was right. If I had put what I thought they wanted, I'd probably hit 100 on all of them, but I'm stubborn.

11-21-2005, 09:02 PM	#60 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	85% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 73% Advanced, 100% Expert! Odd

11-21-2005, 09:47 PM	#61 (permalink)
irateplatypus can't help but laugh Location: dar al-harb	mark me down as another run-of-the-mill "English Genius". __________________ If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~ Winston Churchill

11-22-2005, 11:45 AM	#62 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	I think this thing is broken. Then again I did rush through it and it crashed on me three times. Did question #31 disturb anyone else? Advanced You scored higher than 5% on Beginner You scored higher than 47% on Intermediate You scored higher than 7% on Advanced You scored higher than 38% on Expert __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"