May 18, 2004
Grammar God?
You are a GRAMMAR GOD!
If your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
Congratulations and thank you!
How grammatically sound are you?
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Patti sent this quiz along. I was fairly confident of my answers, but I am a bit surprised I got “Grammar God.” I would have liked it better if I could have seen which answers I got wrong and which I got right. I don’t imagine I got every one correct. Pattie, of course, came up as a God as well. But among my friends, I tend to thing of myself as a low-end grammarian.
[Added: Even when I know the rules, I sometimes willfully break them out of laziness. But, thanks to a high school teacher known only as “Mr. Newton,” I have a basic command of the written word. I have a feeling this quiz is a little too generous.]
Posted by James at May 18, 2004 10:21 AMApparently, I, too, am a Grammar God. I wonder if there are any other possible results. ;)
Posted by: briwei at May 18, 2004 12:17 PMSend the quiz to Dan Quayle and you'll know soon enough.
Posted by: Patti M. at May 18, 2004 12:23 PMYou could also send it to Our Fearless Nabob of Ignorance if you wanted to see the results of grammar put through the meat grinder.
Posted by: Patti M. at May 18, 2004 12:25 PMThe test claims to have other outcomes.
I really wanted to know the answers. I'm _extremely_ doubtful that I got them all correct.
Posted by: James at May 18, 2004 12:46 PMYes, Virginia, there are other outcomes. I put in all wrong answers and received this:
You are an AVERAGE speaker of English.
Not much more to say about you...
Posted by: Patti M. at May 18, 2004 12:57 PMIf you go here (http://quizilla.com/cgi-bin/result/list/list.pl), you'll see the list of all possibilities, replete with pictures!
Posted by: Patti M. at May 18, 2004 3:37 PMI came out as a "MASTER" of english on my first stab... I feel so ineffectual. :(
Posted by: Chuck S. at May 18, 2004 4:27 PMWell, James, it appears there are other outcomes. You, Patti, and I are deities of the English language. Maybe we should form a pantheon and get worshippers. ;-)
Posted by: briwei at May 18, 2004 4:54 PMThe Unworthy may pray to us and leave offerings at the Temple of the Dangling Modifier.
Posted by: Patti M. at May 18, 2004 5:11 PMI sometimes send Boston.com corrections (grammar and/or spelling), but to my surprise, I actually had to send a correction to the BBC!
They had put up a map showing current conflicts around the world, and the title of the segment was "Who's Fighting Who?" Wrong! Who's fighting whom!
I was surprised that the BBE would make such a mistake.
Posted by: Patti M. at May 19, 2004 4:55 PMGrammar goddess correction. I'm sure you meant BBC.
Posted by: Bob at May 20, 2004 12:09 PMGrammar goddess correction. I'm sure you meant BBC.
Posted by: Bob at May 20, 2004 12:09 PMYou are correct and I am duly chastened.
Posted by: Patti M. at May 20, 2004 4:16 PM