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Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:12 pm
by mellow weasel
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?
Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:28 pm
by TMBJon
I scored a 100%. BUT I think there is one word crime in the quiz:
- Spoiler:
- "Lightening" and "lightning" are homophones not homonyms!
Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:59 pm
by algonacchick
100%! Yay!

Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:48 am
by rockingtheaccordion
- Spoiler:
- I have this song as my ringtone.
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.
Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:58 am
by mellow weasel
rockingtheaccordion wrote:I got coincidence and irony mixed up.
Me too.
- Spoiler:
- 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...

Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:12 am
by rockingtheaccordion
- Spoiler:
- [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!
Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:03 am
by algonacchick
mellow weasel and rockingtheaccordion:
You two might want to use spoiler tags, since you're giving away one of the answers.
Btw -
- Spoiler:
- 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.
Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:58 am
by rockingtheaccordion
Sorry about that algonacchick.

Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:21 pm
by algonacchick
Maybe I was being a little picky, but thanks for using the spoiler tags.
Re: Word Crimes
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:37 pm
by Kevbo1987
87%. I guess I haven't figured out the difference between irony and coincidence.