View Full Version : Misused Words - A test.
Ozme52
06-27-2006, 07:49 PM
Over at OK Cupid, they post a lot of tests. This one caught my eye. Perfect for this part of our forum.
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=2575897571288356310
Commonly misused words.
How'd you do?
Alex Bragi
06-27-2006, 08:31 PM
I refute to answer that on the grounds that it wood be to embracing four me.
Seriously, Ozme, that's a good one! I didn't do too badly, but I'm still not saying what my score was. *lol*
My dictionary is still my good friend. :)
Actually, that's a good little site altogether.
Tae'lyn
06-27-2006, 08:41 PM
Okay, I will fess up.
I only got 72. I did do better than most of my age group, which isn't saying much.
Tae'lyn
Widget
06-27-2006, 09:00 PM
wow I only got 72 as well...haha well time to brush up on the vocabulary. Bad girl.. *spanks self*
Ozme52
06-27-2006, 09:34 PM
Without being able to see the results... I wonder if the author got it right.
Still, the words he was testing were interesting.
Mothbrad
06-27-2006, 10:48 PM
I only scored 75, but apparently that's top 1%, for age and gender, so I'm not too upset
Rabbit1
06-27-2006, 11:17 PM
Well I refused to put my email address in there just to see how I did ---I want no part of that site I get enough spam in my email without asking for more
We're all waiting for your score Oz?
Oh I got 86- without using a dikshonary. Amazing.....
Tojo
please don't hate me because I'm literate - I got a 93 . . .
must have been some serious luck involved ;)
please don't hate me because I'm literate - I got a 93 . . .
must have been some serious luck involved ;)
I can't help it- I hate you..... :32:
Tojo
submissivewife
06-28-2006, 03:22 AM
OK....I took this....it was awful! I feel tamatized. Don't want to do that again. I hate tests.
Warbaby1943
06-28-2006, 04:21 AM
75 but thought I had done much better. I think that teacher at the chalk board who must have done the scoring didn't like me.
maddie
06-28-2006, 06:02 AM
Didn't want to put in my e-mail address, but (grammar teacher coming out of hiding again) I thought it was a pretty easy test, except for a few questions on the last page. I may have missed a few, but I think I got most of them right.
Hey 'somebody' took this test & didn't post! :dont:
Now come on- fess up...I know your score too.
Guys you don't need to put your email addy in to get the score, just leave it blank & click 'finish' or whatever.
You lose a point for not realising that too, BTW.
Tojo
maddie
06-28-2006, 06:20 AM
*dutifully goes back to site to take test again
*pouts*
Only an 89.
Warbaby1943
06-28-2006, 07:48 AM
I thought I had done much better than my score reflected. I'd like to know what I missed but I didn't see any way to get that info.
suchaminx
06-28-2006, 09:36 AM
82 for me
Certainly makes you think :)
Hey 'somebody' took this test & didn't post! :dont:
Now come on- fess up...I know your score too.
Okay okay, lol.
I don't remember what I got though, 75 or 72. Terrible. Master did better than me and english isn't even his first language!
You got 75 Mina- thank you.
Thanks maddie, I was wondering what you'd get- I'll have to check my spelling on your Chrissy card...:)
Tojo
chromedome11
06-28-2006, 09:38 PM
I got a 92. But I agree with Ozme52. I'd like to see the answers to ensure the author marked each question correctly.
RedSilk
06-28-2006, 10:04 PM
Well it says that I got 99, but I'm pretty sure that isn't right? Is it? Can it be? It just seems too high to me! Maybe I have to take it again?!
RedSilk
06-28-2006, 10:05 PM
OH! Oops. Apparently I can't read! ~giggles~ I got an 82! See I told you it wasn't possible! :D
Alex Bragi
06-29-2006, 02:04 AM
Well, hot damn it! :eek: I would have taken a whole lot more care doing the freakin' test if I'd realised every bugger on the net was going to see my lousy score ...even if it wouldn't have made much difference. :26:
Grinser
07-03-2006, 03:31 PM
Interesting, I will just have to go and check out if I can find one for german, too. When I made my final exam (Abitur/highest school qualification in Germany) two years ago, I was really upset about the spelling problems of my schoolmates...it seems to me, that correct spelling is an abillity that is incresingly lost. Everywhere are mistakes, be it in the newspaper, in books (that should normally be checked about a hundred times before they get printed *sigh*) or (worst) in advertisements. I guess that is one of the effects of TV or rather of the reduced interest for books that comes with TV.
I for my part made a score of 86, which is reputedly better that 99% of my age and gender. I guess that is allright for a non-native speaker.
Scorpio'sWill2Power
07-09-2006, 04:57 AM
<TABLE cellPadding=20 align=center>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD align=middle><FONT size=5><B>You scored 95 Literacy!</B></FONT><BR></TD></TR>
I guess this is why I got a jumble on the formula and
it wouldn't display.
Oh well, I'll take the 95 all the same.
chattel69
07-09-2006, 08:02 AM
I need to go back to school, never was good at English...I failed, let's just leave it at that...
I got an 86, but I always get "who/whom" confused because I was off sick the day we did that at school.
Dash it! Maddie beat me!
And chattel, I saw your score... umm. I won't post it, but you post nice, clear notes on the forum, and THAT'S the definition of language - being understood, not necessarily being right.
(Suchaminx will now slap me the next time I correct her spelling of "definitely")
Q xx
Sir_G
07-26-2006, 07:53 PM
I got an 82. Pretty happy with that given its been a long time since I did any formal study.
Timberwolf
07-26-2006, 08:07 PM
I tried taking the test but after I was done they made me fill out a bunch of stuff and still wouldn't let me see what I scored due to "technical difficulties".
Any I missed were most likely the spelling ones, I think I handled the grammar well enough.
MsUther
07-27-2006, 03:13 PM
72 for me.
Age and gender, 99.
cariad
08-23-2006, 04:19 AM
78 for me, knew I should have been listening at school.
cariad
Shadow
08-24-2006, 12:56 AM
okay.everybody pat themselfs on the back and point and laugh at the stupid one......got a lowly 62.....
shadow
cariad
08-24-2006, 01:04 AM
okay.everybody pat themselfs on the back and point and laugh at the stupid one......got a lowly 62.....
shadow
Now I know why I like you so much!
cariad
SheepishJaina
08-24-2006, 09:08 AM
*makes a face* 75.
His Slut
08-24-2006, 11:51 PM
I got a 90. Am I a geek?
slave327-834-200
09-02-2006, 10:48 AM
:mad: Not amused - 78 (99 for my gender / age)
Its true about losing brain cells through substance and alcohol abuse, I'm living proof as I was an A student in English at school!
Do you think they can also be spanked out of you? mmmmmm :confused:
phantasy_seeker
09-14-2006, 07:44 AM
Is it just me or did that test get deleted?
pttwyn
09-14-2006, 08:00 AM
Is it just me or did that test get deleted?
Me too, I guess it's really gone.
It was probably too hard for me anyway....
OttifantSir
09-14-2006, 09:16 AM
Since There are others saying the test is deleted, I probably took the wrong test. I took the Commonly Confused Words Test. This was a good one, though.
As the other test is deleted, I can start off a new thread on this test.