Darlo Uncovered

I'm off to sulk now:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22512744

Same here. My days of grammar nazism are over

Which four d'ye get wrang?


me:

May/Might
Hilary - male or female? (or unknown?)
Modal/Gerund/Imperative
Fallen Subjunctive/Misplaced Modifier/Dangling Participle

grytters wrote:Which four d'ye get wrang?


me:

May/Might
Hilary - male or female? (or unknown?)
Modal/Gerund/Imperative
Fallen Subjunctive/Misplaced Modifier/Dangling Participle

I got the may / might question right, the other three you've mentioned there wrong and I can't remember which other one it was that tripped me up.

7 out of 10, I'm a promising pedant.

I'm pleased to see the "I was sat" question. It annoys me when I see it written in newspapers. It's "I sat" or "I was sitting". It probably annoys me more than "would of" instead of "would have", or the there/their/they're confusion.

I must get out more.

I got 8/10 - couple near the end wrong including the one about the gerund which I actually knew but "the force" made me choose another answer.

I'm not really a grammar or spelling nazi because some people are just not so good at spelling, but my pet hate is "defiantly" seeing this word spelt wrong...

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

Also (chiefly Americans) using the word "moran" instead of "moron"

I got 8/10. Slipped up on Hilary (can't remember the other one).

Mr_Tibbs wrote:I got 8/10 - couple near the end wrong including the one about the gerund which I actually knew but "the force" made me choose another answer.

I'm not really a grammar or spelling nazi because some people are just not so good at spelling, but my pet hate is "defiantly" seeing this word spelt wrong...

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

Also (chiefly Americans) using the word "moran" instead of "moron"

How is "defiantly" "spelt wrong"*?

And how do you know people aren't defiantly spelling definitely as definately?**


* The correct word to use in this context is "incorrectly", not "wrong".

** Split infinitive?