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Ok lets cee how l33t youz guyz r
The Commonly Confused Words Test
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170
Advanced
You scored 86% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 66% Expert!
Rick Phlegm
03-02-2005, 02:14 PM
Advanced
You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 72% Expert!
The shame. :(
Guillaume
03-02-2005, 02:15 PM
English Genius
You scored 93% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 77% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it! :01:
TheDave
03-02-2005, 02:41 PM
You scored 93% Beginner, 80% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 88% Expert!
i didn't notice the "either of these two options" till the 20's :pinch:
clocker
03-02-2005, 04:09 PM
:01:We scored identically in this test.
I must admit that being a genius has really helped to perfect my "Would you like fries with that" performance.
I am amazed that frequently they do.
vivitron 15
03-02-2005, 04:13 PM
You scored 93% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 50% Expert!
# Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
* 100% had lower Beginner scores.
* 100% had lower Intermediate scores.
* 100% had lower Advanced scores.
* 100% had lower Expert scores.
# With respect to Beginner, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
# With respect to Intermediate, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
# With respect to Advanced, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
# With respect to Expert, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
Not bad, but wow, some are kind of tough (esp the advanced ones) and necessary is stg i can never ever spell without word :(
But go 55-59 y.o. peeps :)
clocker
03-02-2005, 04:22 PM
Those damned old folks and their highfalutin Engrish!
They always score highest and fuck up the curve for the rest of us!
100, 93, 93, 66
I'm tired :blushing:
So tired in fact that I can't see the difference between a 1 and a 6 :dry: :blink:
NikkiD
03-02-2005, 04:59 PM
You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 88% Expert!
ruthie
03-02-2005, 05:03 PM
Advanced
You scored 93% Beginner, 86% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 72% Expert!
asmithz
03-02-2005, 05:12 PM
You scored 73% Beginner, 73% Intermediate, 62% Advanced, and 55% Expert!
Its a hundred percent true :P
sadly
RPerry
03-02-2005, 05:13 PM
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 93% Expert!
**forgot this:
# Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
* 100% had lower Beginner scores.
* 100% had lower Intermediate scores.
* 100% had lower Advanced scores.
* 100% had lower Expert scores.
kinda wish they would show which ones we got wrong :huh:
Ok i tried it again and got a little bit better, it really annoys me that i'm still making mistakes.
Could one of you 100%ers please advise me which are the correct answers to the following;
7. __________ impolite to stare.
It's
Its
Either a or b :ermm:
Neither a nor b
11. The __________ called the student into his office.
principal :ermm:
principle
Either a or b
Neither a nor b
12. A motivational speaker was __________ to boost __________.
they're / moral
they're / morale
there / moral :ermm:
there / morale
21. He did not know how to __________ her in that situation.
advice
advise :ermm:
Either a or b
Neither a nor b
22. She did not want to __________ his poem for fear that it would hurt his feelings.
criticize / criticise :ermm:
critique
Either a or b
Neither a nor b
28. He will __________ her tomorrow.
council
counsel :ermm:
Either a or b
Neither a nor b
30. The salad is tasty__ however, the soup tastes even __________.
: / best
: / better
; / best
; / better :ermm:
31. They __________ her for __________ witchcraft.
hanged / practicing
hanged / practising
hung / practicing
hung / practising :ermm:
33. Please stay __________.
a while
awhile
for a while
all of the above :ermm:
34. He is working __________ his Bachelor's degree, __________ she is pursuing her Master's degree.
toward / while
toward / whilst
towards / while :ermm:
towards / whilst
35. She would not __________ as to __________ stole her money.
enquire / who
enquire / whom
inquire / who
inquire / whom :ermm:
38. She enjoys smelling and tasting things__ she is a __________ being.
: / sensual
: / sensuous
; / sensual
; / sensous :ermm:
?
Thanks
Advanced
You scored 93% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 61% Expert!
Test statistics:
* Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
o 100% had lower Beginner scores.
o 100% had lower Intermediate scores.
o 100% had lower Advanced scores.
o 100% had lower Expert scores.
:unsure:
TheDave
03-02-2005, 05:26 PM
we must be the smartest forum ont whole internet
Maybe someone lowered the averages on purpose.
It's easy enough since you don't need to answer any questions, except for the ones about your gender and age, to get registered.
I think the "either a or b" questions pwned me too btw.
TheDave
03-02-2005, 05:30 PM
maybe they count your agegroup as your actual birthday :unsure:
Nah, I think an age group on there encompasses five years.
TheDave
03-02-2005, 05:33 PM
Good English is not necessarily about developing an expansive vocabulary. It is about properly using the words and punctuation you already know.
i'd like to see my best friend; j2's score :ohmy:
ziggyjuarez
03-02-2005, 05:34 PM
This thread was started just to humiliate me :cry1:
Don't worry about it ziggy, I don't think the test is all that great.
I did...differently on the vocab test at uni, and that one was a hell of a lot more detailed.
Not even that sure that the person who did this one is that good at it.
TheDave
03-02-2005, 05:44 PM
dont worry ziggy. i'm sure stuff like this...
34. He is working __________ his Bachelor's degree, __________ she is pursuing her Master's degree.
toward / while
toward / whilst
towards / while
towards / whilst
.... have no wrong answer as far as i know. i think leaving the 's' off 'toward' might be a yorkshire thing :unsure:
Jon L. Obscene
03-02-2005, 08:44 PM
Beginner
You scored 93% Beginner, 73% Intermediate, 75% Advanced, and 66% Expert!
meh, no suprise there
Jonno :cool:
enoughfakefiles
03-02-2005, 09:02 PM
Oddly Advanced
You scored 73% Beginner, 73% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 55% Expert!
Then it said this.:unsure:
Your test results are extremely interesting. Though your test scores in the beginner, intermediate, and expert levels weren't very high, you got at least 75% of the advanced level questions correct. Possibly you guessed very well in the advanced level section? I don't know what else to say. You puzzle me immensely. But....
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!
Sounds like they want to cyber to me.:strange:
Gemby!
03-02-2005, 09:36 PM
Advanced Beginner
You scored 80% Beginner, 73% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 61% Expert!
SpatulaGeekGirl
03-03-2005, 08:53 PM
Advanced
You scored 86% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 72% Expert!
Test statistics:
> Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
* 100% had lower Beginner scores.
* 100% had lower Intermediate scores.
* 100% had lower Advanced scores.
* 100% had lower Expert scores.
* With respect to Beginner, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
* With respect to Intermediate, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
* With respect to Advanced, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
* With respect to Expert, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
And I had to say I was 4 years older than I actually am! I'm so honoured!! :cry1:
SpatulaGeekGirl
03-03-2005, 10:22 PM
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.
Will no one congratulate me? I thought I did well... :(
SpatulaGeekGirl
03-03-2005, 10:28 PM
I be happy now. :)
*cough*betterthan*cough*gemby!*coughcough*
Smith
03-03-2005, 10:45 PM
Oddly Intermediate
You scored 66% Beginner, 86% Intermediate, 68% Advanced, and 72% Expert!
I suppose thats not to bad for grade 10 :unsure:
Illuminati
03-03-2005, 11:59 PM
You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 77% Expert!
A scouser with good english skills - Is that a paradox or what? :D
MagicNakor
03-04-2005, 04:31 AM
You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 90% Expert!
:shuriken:
lee551
03-04-2005, 04:54 AM
Very Special Case
You scored 6% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 77% Expert!
strange. maybe i missed some questions. :lol:
Rip The Jacker
03-04-2005, 05:13 AM
English Genius
You scored 93% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 77% Expert! http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/images/smilies/bb.gif
Bowen747x
03-04-2005, 05:56 AM
You scored 73% Beginner, 73% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 77% Expert!
Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
{Is this a grammatical error or is it a typo?}---^ :P
100% had lower Beginner scores.
100% had lower Intermediate scores.
100% had lower Advanced scores.
100% had lower Expert scores.
Im a 18 year old new yorker, my grammer is better than most peoples around here but its obviously not perfect, and apparently better then anyone who took the test too :P thats why i noticed the typo
Rip The Jacker
03-04-2005, 06:15 AM
Im a 18 year old new yorker, my grammer is better than most peoples around here but its obviously not perfect, and apparently better then anyone who took the test too :P thats why i noticed the typo
Better than most peoples around here? :rolleyes:
Gemby!
03-04-2005, 05:30 PM
I be happy now. :)
*cough*betterthan*cough*gemby!*coughcough*
*cough*bitch*cough* :w00t:
sparsely
03-04-2005, 05:58 PM
psh i have to wait till i get home to take it :(
stupid url filter :x
SpatulaGeekGirl
03-04-2005, 06:14 PM
*cough*bitch*cough* :w00t:
*cough*stillbetter*cough*thangemby!*coughhack* ;)
sparsely
03-05-2005, 12:25 AM
yay :D
and I was sooo nervous too, being the Grammar Nazi that I am to my friends :P
English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 83% Expert!
# Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
* 100% had lower Beginner scores.
* 100% had lower Intermediate scores.
* 100% had lower Advanced scores.
* 100% had lower Expert scores.
Took the test again and I guess I did a little better, but I still don't like this. I also checked up on her idea of proper English and I didn't like it.
I'm pretty sure that there are no wrong answers to some of the question, or at least no wrong answers among the alternatives she listed. She adheres to two sets of norms, ie GA and RP, and everything that falls outside those two ideals is unacceptable.
That makes it a bit of a bastard to do well at if you speak a dialect, or if you tend to use a lot of colloquailisms, or if you haven't got a traditional english education from the bottom up. Yet, according to linguistic studies there is really no such thing as a proper form of English, every living form that isn't derived from people not being able to spell is an acceptable form.
The differences between "than" vs "then" and "their" vs "they're", and so forth, are easy to quantify and they are probably errors any way you look at it, as they are mixed up homonymes. But when it comes to "towards" or "toward" you can't measure it that way, and if you come from the outside, so to speak, neither form is particularly charged in any way and if anything you'll go with the frequency each form is used in that context by people around you. And this isn't wrong in any way.
The multiple choice questions also do my head in, if the right answer is "a and b" then that kind of screws with people who mainly speak one form, as they'll assume the lesser used form is a colloquailism and thus improper English according to the norms of this test even if they know the form is used somewhere.
So in conclusion, the advanced section of this test pisses me off.
I think it's too early, and that I should go back to bed :unsure:
(Not saying it isn't an accomplishment getting all of this right, as it probably means you paid a lot of attention in grammar school, so kudos to you.)
dwightfry
03-06-2005, 05:54 AM
English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 77% Expert!
SingaBoiy
03-06-2005, 08:32 AM
i didn't notice the "either of these two options" till the 20's :pinch:
Same here :( My results:
Advanced
You scored 86% Beginner, 86% Intermediate, 81% Advanced, and 66% 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.
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!
Test statistics:
Compared to users who took the test and are and in your age group:
100% had lower Beginner scores.
100% had lower Intermediate scores.
100% had lower Advanced scores.
100% had lower Expert scores.
With respect to Beginner, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
With respect to Intermediate, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
With respect to Advanced, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
With respect to Expert, users aged 55 to 59 scored highest.
Best in my age group :D
Took the test again and I guess I did a little better, but I still don't like this. I also checked up on her idea of proper English and I didn't like it.
I'm pretty sure that there are no wrong answers to some of the question, or at least no wrong answers among the alternatives she listed. She adheres to two sets of norms, ie GA and RP, and everything that falls outside those two ideals is unacceptable.
That makes it a bit of a bastard to do well at if you speak a dialect, or if you tend to use a lot of colloquailisms, or if you haven't got a traditional english education from the bottom up. Yet, according to linguistic studies there is really no such thing as a proper form of English, every living form that isn't derived from people not being able to spell is an acceptable form.
The differences between "than" vs "then" and "their" vs "they're", and so forth, are easy to quantify and they are probably errors any way you look at it, as they are mixed up homonymes. But when it comes to "towards" or "toward" you can't measure it that way, and if you come from the outside, so to speak, neither form is particularly charged in any way and if anything you'll go with the frequency each form is used in that context by people around you. And this isn't wrong in any way.
The multiple choice questions also do my head in, if the right answer is "a and b" then that kind of screws with people who mainly speak one form, as they'll assume the lesser used form is a colloquailism and thus improper English according to the norms of this test even if they know the form is used somewhere.
So in conclusion, the advanced section of this test pisses me off.
I think it's too early, and that I should go back to bed :unsure:
(Not saying it isn't an accomplishment getting all of this right, as it probably means you paid a lot of attention in grammar school, so kudos to you.)
Meh, ignore this, I was just angry 'cos I didn't manage to get a perfect score (that last part kept dragging me down), I think, can't really remember.
I don't think her way of measuring it is very good, but to each their own.
And maybe I'm a bit out of practice anyhow. I'm still the king of the english vocab tests at uni tho', but those focused more on how varied your vocabulary was. :01:
Barbarossa
03-07-2005, 02:41 PM
English Genius
You scored 86% Beginner, 86% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 83% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Looked at her blog, a couple I got wrong I should have known better... :blushing:
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