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rabidsamfan) wrote2005-03-01 04:21 pm
rabidsamfan) wrote2005-03-01 04:21 pm
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The Commonly Confused Words Test
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After several tries, I admit, and some methodical testing.
Of course, now she's starting to put her reasoning on line at http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/
but here are the answers that work:
1. loose
2. breath
3. barely
4. wish/your
5. went/me
6. she/I
7. It's
8. there/their
9. had gotten/their (I disagree with her on this one, I think that got/their is equally valid.)
10. they're/than
11. principal
12. there/morale
13. who's/whose
14. difficult/accept (again, I disagree, and would take hard/accept as also perfectly within normal usage.)
15. medal
16. paid/biweekly
17. priceless
18. yolks
19. passed/past
20. bare
21. advise
22. either a or b
23. saw/seen
24. device
25. risky
26. necessary/stationery
27. assessing/aspect
28. counsel
29. assure/insure
30. ;/better
31. hanged/practicing (I think hanged/practising also works, btw.)
32. effect/economic
33. all of the above
34. towards/while
35. inquire/who
36. either a or b
37. phenomenon
38. :/sensuous (hmmm. I thought you used a semicolon to separate independent clauses.)
39. irrelevant
40. channel (reaches for dictionary....)
The Commonly Confused Words Test
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170
After several tries, I admit, and some methodical testing.
Of course, now she's starting to put her reasoning on line at http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/
but here are the answers that work:
1. loose
2. breath
3. barely
4. wish/your
5. went/me
6. she/I
7. It's
8. there/their
9. had gotten/their (I disagree with her on this one, I think that got/their is equally valid.)
10. they're/than
11. principal
12. there/morale
13. who's/whose
14. difficult/accept (again, I disagree, and would take hard/accept as also perfectly within normal usage.)
15. medal
16. paid/biweekly
17. priceless
18. yolks
19. passed/past
20. bare
21. advise
22. either a or b
23. saw/seen
24. device
25. risky
26. necessary/stationery
27. assessing/aspect
28. counsel
29. assure/insure
30. ;/better
31. hanged/practicing (I think hanged/practising also works, btw.)
32. effect/economic
33. all of the above
34. towards/while
35. inquire/who
36. either a or b
37. phenomenon
38. :/sensuous (hmmm. I thought you used a semicolon to separate independent clauses.)
39. irrelevant
40. channel (reaches for dictionary....)
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