hal, you should so totally do this one

[tinpra]

i admit i was afraid to do this at first. i'm a former Creative Writing major--the one branch of English not necessarily known for it's spelling and grammar skills, can i tell you--and i haven't had to beta in aaaaages.

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test...

English Genius

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Comments

[moony-blues.livejournal.com]

You still made it into genius territory. =D

[halcyondayz.livejournal.com]

Just seen your shout. Well, I got 100% in all the categories except the Expert . That was 80% but in my defence, British English does not accommodate 'awhile'. I also stand by good old Fowler, who recommends 'whoever' rather than 'whomever', which I think sounds awful!

BTW, can I just turn the knife in your wound and point a hag-like finger at your use of it's when the possessive form is its...
the one branch of English not necessarily known for it's spelling and grammar skills

Sorry, couldn't resist...

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

it was late! I was sleepy! I even said I was going to bed :p

[halcyondayz.livejournal.com]

*pats tinny* my kids call me the queen of punctuation so I guess it's becoming an obsession with me. Plus I'm always tempted to yank chains when I see them so that's my big bad.

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

have I mentioned that when my mother was an English teacher I was failing English? not b/c of poor grammar, but b/c I was such a wretched student until college.

on the other hand I could never get a real handle on grammar. I know what sounds right and I know what doesn't, but to actually parse a sentence for you? the possibility of finally learning what everything is is one of the few regrets I have about not being a full on English major.

[halcyondayz.livejournal.com]

My handle on grammar only really came after studying German. That's when all the mechanics fell into place! ;)

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

I had enough trouble with French. Tho I did want to learn Latin briefly. Took it for a few mths in junior high.

[wallflower731.livejournal.com]

AARGH I dislike when people assume that creative writers don't have to/cannot use proper spelling/grammar. Above all, creative writers are still communicating, and that comes with spelling and grammar and all of that "normal people" stuff.

Rrrr. That's my growl of the evening as I attempt to draft my first creative nonfiction assignment. Full sentences are required.

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

lol...I'm not assuming. I'm talking from experience. I admit many of my classmates had a better handle on spelling and grammar than other writers I've met since then, but that might have been b/c we were writing for school where there's no time to find a beta and beg them to edit for you.

And I have full confidence in your ability to use full sentences. I've seen you use them before. Has school started for you already? Sheesh. :duck:

[wallflower731.livejournal.com]

lol "people" referred to a lot of people as a whole, not just you...sorry that sounded really accusatory!

Yar, on my first week of classes. And I start work as a Writing Center tutor on Monday...eep! On the lookout for everyone else's writing as well.

(And yes, those were technically fragments. Which is the other fun bit of creative writing.)

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

(Isn't being able to get away with fragments awesome! You can be all "It's for effect!")