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I got 7/10
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4w9HDZHDTK3g9cqKNTKk20G/so-you-think-you-know-more-grammar-than-your-children
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 13:40, archived)
turns out I can't remember any of this stuff, I'm rather ashamed of myself :(
I can usually spot and correct bad English with ease, but don't seem to know the terminology any more, if indeed I ever did
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 13:58, archived)
that's because it's all changed
the past progressive used to be called the imperfect tense

'imperfect' is probably too un-PC now, or some such bollocks
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:00, archived)
that makes me feel a little better

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:54, archived)
or should that be fewer worse?

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 15:11, archived)
quite a lot of it wasn't taught to the much older generation to which you belong
also ur wel fick lol
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 15:21, archived)
going to whack you over the head with my framed HSC now

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 15:28, archived)
6/10

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:01, archived)
i got 10/10 because i'm not a child

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:16, archived)
8/10
Former English teacher. Whoops.
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:18, archived)
nah

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:35, archived)
3/10
Guessed every single one.
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:35, archived)
I got none
despite having an o level english language
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 15:42, archived)
6/10: Kelsey Grammer

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:40, archived)
widdles / plops

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 14:50, archived)
I got 7/10 because I have a child

(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 15:20, archived)
6/10
definitely a bit rusty
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 15:31, archived)