>>7247

Bollocks to that.

i hate this test. 17/20 wtf is that

>>7247

17.

http://www.cgi.ipyo.net/edu/smart_test.asp

This one has a lot better grading method.

I got 18/20. Screwed up on "accommodation" and "long-lost brother."

20/20 - but it was a fairly elementary test.

And how many native English speakers are here? lol

I ain't not no goods at no english anyways.

blah 19/20

damn accommodation with 2 c's

Oh, native English speakers don't care (unless he's geek) how stupid second grade English tests turn out. But usually, English-as-second-language people care a lot about grammars. Because they can't speak/write English naturally, they have to stick to the dictionary and say "Hey, that punctuation is wrong! I know it!" to natives who don't give a crap (unless you are in school lol)

That's my guess as foreigner!

19

> "I've found my long lost brother," said Julia.

i should think the lack of an exclamation point here would be more worrying than the lack of a hyphen.

20/20. But I had to really think on "taciturn" because I haven't heard that word since high school.

In agreement with others that this isn't the best quiz of English smarts. A well-read talented college student might score lower on this quiz than a 6th grader. The truth is, spelling, grammar, and punctuation are like the driving speed limit: nobody cares if you break it a little; it's only when you break it by a lot that the police chase after you.

19, english is my third language. I don't exactly see the connection between being smart just because you know rarely used, obscure words like tacitus or ostentatious.

>>7310
I dont know about you, but i get pissed off when i see "they're, their, and there" fucked up all the time. And considering i surf the interwebs alot, i need blood pressure medication.

>>7551

You don't have to be smart or strong to learn how to drive a car... you need to drive a car to learn how to drive a car...

English is my 8th language in order of mastering it, (Dutch mother tongue, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Esperanto, Japanese and finally English) I believe I can have a conversation and write basic lines of text, but nothing to complex

>>7310

>nobody cares if you break it a little; it's only when you break it by a lot that the police chase after you.

I'm guessing you're not British then...

Pretty easy, overall.

As for grammar and spelling not mattering? I'll give you this in some situations: proper punctuation within quotations, for example. However, I personally sneer at misuse of the apostrophe, and find your/you're to be a pet peeve. Assuming that you speak English as your first language, these are just a matter of pausing and thinking of context, no matter how stupid you are.

>>7309
That one made me raise an eyebrow, but since they used the tone-neutral "said," I just assumed that it was being said conversationally.

>>7271
cute

16/20.

taciturn =/= noisy
ostentatious =/= excited
"who's coat is that?" is incorrect
and "long lost brother" is missing a hyphen not an exclamation mark

shitsux!

I'm a native English speaker and I've received an A on every essay I've ever turned in to my college. My score 13/20

>>7597
tried to screencrab a flash animation ;_;

17/20

>>7598
lern 2 use the built in snipping tool in vista.