Has anyone noticed that Ms Spelling's Quiz includes "medieval" twice?
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Very entertinaing. I scored 93% (not bad for a Brazilian dude), but I still think a while can be spelled a while or awhile, depending on whether you see it as a noun or an adverb. I think the answer there was biased. People with minimum spelling skills had a 50% chance to get it right. Licence and license aren't good examples either, I think it depends on what side of the Atlantic you are.
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I agree.
According to my Cobuild Dictionary, "a while"/"awhile" also depends on location. In the UK, the former rules while in the US the latter is correct. But according to my American Heritage Dictionary (AHD), both "a while" and "awhile" are used in American English. The former is an article plus a noun while the latter is an adverb. The AHD warns us that "Stay for a while" and "Stay awhile" are both correct, but that "Stay for awhile" is not.
"licence"/"license" is partly geography and partly usage. The US uses only the latter, while in the UK, the correct choice depends on usage (the former is a noun while the latter is a verb.)
According to my Cobuild Dictionary, "a while"/"awhile" also depends on location. In the UK, the former rules while in the US the latter is correct. But according to my American Heritage Dictionary (AHD), both "a while" and "awhile" are used in American English. The former is an article plus a noun while the latter is an adverb. The AHD warns us that "Stay for a while" and "Stay awhile" are both correct, but that "Stay for awhile" is not.
"licence"/"license" is partly geography and partly usage. The US uses only the latter, while in the UK, the correct choice depends on usage (the former is a noun while the latter is a verb.)
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Not a bad test! Medieval was on twice. Was 'imitate' on there twice as well?
Good quiz! I learned American English spelling from Dominicans; the ever-present threat of centuries in ... [s]purgitory[/s] ... [s]pergatory[/s] ... purgatory ... for spelling errors ensured that the lessons stuck!
I see one of the items: "alot" used..a lot...in casual writing, and it's one of my petty peeves.
-gailr
I see one of the items: "alot" used..a lot...in casual writing, and it's one of my petty peeves.
-gailr
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I learned to spell in the UK, and I agree with the AHD (and with BD, as I nearly always do!) For me it's 'a while' if you are treating it as a noun, 'awhile' as an adverb; both can be correct.I agree.
According to my Cobuild Dictionary, "a while"/"awhile" also depends on location. In the UK, the former rules while in the US the latter is correct. But according to my American Heritage Dictionary (AHD), both "a while" and "awhile" are used in American English. The former is an article plus a noun while the latter is an adverb. The AHD warns us that "Stay for a while" and "Stay awhile" are both correct, but that "Stay for awhile" is not.
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I didn't get a double medieval but I did get precede. At the end I thought I saw one or two words -can't be sure- that were not on my test, so maybe it generates a random order every time and slips here and there.
Yes, a good quiz, though to add to the multiple-choice ambiguities already mentioned: I got pigeon and pidgin as two choices for the same word.
Yes, a good quiz, though to add to the multiple-choice ambiguities already mentioned: I got pigeon and pidgin as two choices for the same word.
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