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Wizzerkat wrote:The Word Crimes Grammar Quiz!

http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/09/19 ... mmar-quiz/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
93% (one wrong). What is non-instructional day anyway? :?
weird_el wrote:87%
I got two wrong, but I don't know which two.
How come? It shows the answers in the end. Or were you doing it on your phone or something?
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I scored a 100%. BUT I think there is one word crime in the quiz:

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"Lightening" and "lightning" are homophones not homonyms!
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100%! Yay!

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I have this song as my ringtone. :lol: I got coincidence and irony mixed up. But I love this song and I am going to defend it. It gets a lot of hate among the supposed grammar experts. Whatever I take Al's word over theirs. I try really hard at not committing word crimes.
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rockingtheaccordion wrote:I got coincidence and irony mixed up.
Me too.
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I didn't know what non-instructional day was, but even now that I googled it, I still don't get what's ironic about missing 3 months of school and then having free friday...
:?
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[quote="mellow weasel"][quote="rockingtheaccordion"]I got coincidence and irony mixed up.[/quote]
Me too. I didn't know what non-instructional day was, but even now that I googled it, I still don't get what's ironic about missing 3 months of school and then having free friday... :?[/quote]
I know right? It's so confusing!
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mellow weasel and rockingtheaccordion:
You two might want to use spoiler tags, since you're giving away one of the answers.

Btw -
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Because you go to school to learn, so finally going back after being off and having a free Friday is where the irony comes in.
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Sorry about that algonacchick. :(
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Maybe I was being a little picky, but thanks for using the spoiler tags.
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"How's Problem Child doing?" - 7/12/11

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87%. I guess I haven't figured out the difference between irony and coincidence.
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