Re: Heheheheh
by ABDUL KHADIR on May 05, 2011 03:35 PM
does your husband tried to solved Q12 blindly or had tried to identify the mistake as posted by REDIFF TEAM.
Re: Question No. 12 of Think you're an English whiz? Take this q
by Amit Raut on May 04, 2011 02:56 PM
Also i do not think there is anything as Personal manager !!
Re: Question No. 12 of Think you're an English whiz? Take this q
by ABDUL KHADIR on May 05, 2011 03:32 PM
yes you are right because, i was wondering how one can address to PERSONAL MANAGER which is appointed by REDIFF TEAM.........so funnyyyy
Re: Question No. 12 of Think you're an English whiz? Take this q
by Vivek Chauhan on May 04, 2011 07:52 PM
Bingo! Rediff's got that wrong. Personal Manager reads funny.
The words most murdered by Malayalees are: kangaroo (the worst offended word), bear (Malayalees pronounce this as ‘beer’), beer (pronounced as 'biiir'. I even saw this in an srticle in Malayala Manorama, the leading Malayalam daily) bass, twitter, Queen, Birthday, Mascot Hotel, mixed, fixed (another worse case pronounced as miksed, fiksed), form (they say ‘farum’), Tortoise, turtle, garage, chassis, heart (pronounced as ‘hurt’), words like 'Australia' - there is only 1 'aaa' sound, no 'o' sound!!!! The malayalam dailies add to this degradation.
Good effort Preeti! Not sure if this is a test for an English Whiz though. I found most of the questions elementary except for question 12 where there is a catch! Thanks.
The etst comprises of only vocabulary test in which similar sounding words are used.very narrow test to claim one knows better english than queen. By the way which queen? we have a queen in congress too in India.O dount if she could marek even 50% question rightly
Re: A silly test meant for class IX kids
by Jerein Joseph on May 04, 2011 07:18 AM
"The test comprises only of 'a' vocabulary test..." and also only comes before 'of'.. "Very narrow test".. narrow is a wrong word for this context.. You could try simple, childish, amateur or better still, elementary. ".. better than the Queen." .. because you are mentioning the Queen of England, it should have capitals and a 'the'.. the other two usage of queen in your little tirade is fine. And finally, No doubt if she could 'GET' even 50% of 'the questions' 'correctly'.. she's not marking them... she's being marked.. note the difference!! :)
Sorry for all the corrections. I'm bored!! :D :D :D
Re: Re: A silly test meant for class IX kids
by natasha Singh on May 04, 2011 07:36 AM
well done n well said! like ur last line...bored..:) sch morons need a lesson like this!!
Re: Re: A silly test meant for class IX kids
by Sudeepta Chakraborty on May 04, 2011 11:44 AM
Well should it be "for this context" or "in this context"? In the first line you can as well put 'only' after the 'vocabulary test' part. The 'No doubt if..' sentence is not meaningful, I think you meant '(I am) Doubtful whether she could get...', other wise if you start with 'No doubt' you will have to drop 'if' and add a 'n't' after 'could'.
Its pretty sleepy out here, been cloudy, cold and windy since morning. And yes I am pretty bored too.
Re: A silly test meant for class IX kids
by natasha Singh on May 04, 2011 07:38 AM
IN THAT CASE I BLV U HAVE NOT CLEARED UR CLASS 8TH ALSO! PPL LIKE U CAN ONLY CRITICIZE...LOOKS ALL T MORE FUNNY WHEN U URSELF HAVE SUCH A SILLY LEVEL OF ENG LANG...LOLZ!
Re: A silly test meant for class IX kids
by Visharad Software on May 04, 2011 09:56 AM
The test 'comprises' and not 'comprises of'. It is a common mistake to put 'of' after 'comprise'.
Re: A silly test meant for class IX kids
by Jabir Koya on May 05, 2011 01:06 PM
if anyone attempts the above test after reading your comment, he is sure to fail miserably!
Re: Other Common mistakes
by super hero on May 04, 2011 01:43 AM
Very few Indians can get all these 4 correct. Am not being arrogant or condescending. But thats the truth.
