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  1. #11

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    20/22.

    Anyone noticed that lots of people here write "your" as opposed to "you're"? e.g. "Your right."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Fiona in HKG:
    Me too, carang
    same here 20/22 on the which/that

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    Consoles Claire and pats her on the back whilst saying ' There Their They're


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    19/22. I know my problem too, thinking is always faster than writing/typing and I always made a mistake of trying to type weren't but end up with were.


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    Got 19/22... But not a native english speaker so quite happy with it.
    But this test missed the then/than....


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    GOOD GRAMMAR: the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Swell:
    20/22.

    Anyone noticed that lots of people here write "your" as opposed to "you're"? e.g. "Your right."
    And there are those who write "your stupid" !!!


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    21/22, that/which, grr.

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    Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
    Mark Twain

    What's in a name? That which we call a rose.
    William Shakespeare

    Doesn't make things easier...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dtb:
    19/22. I know my problem too, thinking is always faster than writing/typing and I always made a mistake of trying to type weren't but end up with were.
    Eh, I type faster than I think....at least, I often type before I think, I think?