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Are You Grammatically Incorrect? (Quiz)

Honestly, the first time I ever heard of the subjunctive mood was in Spanish class during my sophomore or junior year of high school. I don't remember learning about it at any point in any of my English classes. Hmmm....
 
vocallychaotic said:
10/10 baby! I'm pretty finnicky about correct grammar. I teach high school choir, and I'm pretty tough on my students on any writing they have to do for me, as far as grammar and spelling. I've had multiple students ask me why I'm not an English teacher. lol

Quick aside: At the beginning of my first year at UMiami, a girl that eventually became one of my best friends related to me that she fancied herself a grammar Nazi, which I thought was cool. Of course, we then talked online, and she proceeded to mix up your/you're and their/they're within the first 5 minutes of our conversation. Neither her boyfriend or I will let her live that down. :)
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Shouldn't it be "Neither her boyfriend NOR I ..." :D
 
9/10: Journalism major and copy editor from hell. The dreaded is/were issue; I would point out that the subjunctive may not apply when there is no doubt (he already acts as the BMOC rather than just thinking about it)...

RG
 
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Can't trick me! :p
 
vocallychaotic said:
Honestly, the first time I ever heard of the subjunctive mood was in Spanish class during my sophomore or junior year of high school. I don't remember learning about it at any point in any of my English classes. Hmmm....
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You don't remember it because it was so briefly taiught, if your teacher were the same as others. It's better known as the "conditional", and best used in if/then situations; it can also be used to express situations where some doubt exists as to whether or not the situation is true or not.

The quiz question would be better if it were rewritten to read: He was sure that if he acted like he was in charge, then he would be treated as if he were in charge.

Because it tends to create such ridiculous constructions, it tends to be forgotten quickly (interesting enough, this applies to a lot of languages). That's sort of why I liked the "is" instead....

RG
 
Same mistake as Transpogue (not the one with the sausage;)) and I took the test before I scrolled down through the thread.
 
7/10

laid/irregardless/is

But Inkleesh is njut mei naiteev lankuatsh.
 
Keeland said:
The quiz writer decided it's subjunctive, but it ain't necessarily so. If I say "is," there is nothing wrong with the sentence grammatically. There is more wrong with it when mixing past and present tenses, subjunctive notwithstanding.

Saying after the fact that it is a subjunctive sentence is cheating. The quiz writer, just as easily, could have said it isn't subjunctive.

Care for some of my sour grapes?
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No, the quiz writer didn't decide that it was subjunctive. The words "as if" indicate that the subjunctive should be used there. And there is no mixing of tenses, because "were" in this case is NOT a past tense verb. "Were" is also the third person singular present subjunctive conjugation of the verb "to be."
 
8/10.
Go me. I just got a B in my English Language and Literature results yesterday as well :)

I got these ones wrong.



Incorrect
The correct answer: C were
Your answer: A is


"He acts as if he were the coolest guy in school."

Incorrect
The correct answer: A me
Your answer: B I


"The professor gave the most difficult problems to Andrea and me."
 
I've just found this. It perfectly expresses my feelings (guess which character I identify with).
 
9 out of 10

Lied instead of Lay.

I'm a grammar freak. I studied 4 foreign languages during college.
 
JohanLarson said:
An afterthought---even though I got the word "affected" correct, I don't agree with the description underneath--I've used "effected" as a verb many times, for the purpose of describing an action that directly results in a predicted outcome, e.g. "If the medication is taken as prescribed, a partial or complete cure will be effected."
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Yeah, 'effected' has a verbal meaning, though it's less common. 'Affect' also has a nominal meaning (the display of an emotional state). These usages appear just often enough to keep everyone confused.
 
^ I suppose not. Even if I knew 'who', I'm not at all certain I'd remember 'how'. (That's why my shoes have Velcro straps.)
 
10/10! But then I work in the area of languages so I had an unfair advantage.
 
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