Language Mistakes Test--Hard Even for English Geeks!
In my many years of editing, I've discovered that certain errors are made frequently even among people who pride themselves on their language expertise. I decided I'd compile some of the most common ones that are nevertheless misunderstood by word nerds, and I ended up turning it into a test!
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Hebi: A great test, really *_* Kudos for creating it!
So, on to my scores, and you can start making fun of me now =):
You scored 2 on Punctuation, higher than 39% of your peers.
You scored 0 on Capitalization, higher than 31% of your peers.
You scored 2 on Pronunciation, higher than 26% of your peers.
You scored 5 on Usage, higher than 62% of your peers.
You scored 1 on Spelling, higher than 44% of your peers.
You scored -1 on Vocabulary, higher than 28% of your peers.
Well, not that bad for someone whose native language isn't English, but I have still way too much to learn ))) (I've seen some of those words for the first time in my life, especially the words in the vocabulary section xD)
John: Which style manual are you using? You should be able to justify all of these rules by reference to APA, MLA, Chicago, the AP Style Book and Libel Manual, or some such manual. Otherwise, just the claim that "this is wrong" doesn't really convince me.
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