25 for 25, people
The questions must not have been very hard....
(Stolen from Matt's blog)
I am smarter than 97.42% of the rest of the world.
Find out how smart you are.
(Stolen from Matt's blog)
I am smarter than 97.42% of the rest of the world.
Find out how smart you are.
posted by Sarah Goss at 1:06 PM
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Arrrrg - 24/25 because I couldn't remember whether pounds or kilograms were heavier. But I knew that it would be the one to screw me up, if any. :-(
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I kind of cheated, but between the two of us Dave and I got them all right. I partly have you to thank, though, Sarah--remember how you had to drill me over and over on affect vs. effect? To this day, I really have to think about it. But I do know it.
I taught you the difference between "effect" and "affect," really? I don't remember that. What an infernal little smart-ass I was!
Of course, the tricky thing is that SOMETIMES, "affect" is a noun, and SOMETIMES, "effect" is a verb. I find this very difficult to explain to students. I wish I could just say, "'effect' is always the noun and 'affect' is always the verb." But it ain't so. Grammar gods, why are you so cruel?
The other day I had to send out an email to all our writers explaining the difference between "damage" and "damages." Too many of them were saying, "The fire was out within an hour and no damages were reported."
I said: "If an apartment catches on fire and lots of things are destroyed, that's DAMAGE.
"If the residents sue the building owner, they may ask for a million dollars in DAMAGES."
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