Style Quiz

by Nellie • 7 Nov 2008, 16:30 • Journals
For the wannabe journalists & those learning engrish - see how you do at The Economists style quiz

http://www.economist.com/diversions/quiz.cfm?quizname=stylequiz

Only 6 outta 12 here =(

Interesting! The style guide is a decent read for those that're bored / somewhat interested in language o0
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Ati_ 7 Nov 2008, 16:33
4 out of 12
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Rockskin 7 Nov 2008, 16:34
LOL i guessed all C and igot 6 outta 12
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Nellie 7 Nov 2008, 16:39
Dirty cheat >.<
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Rockskin 7 Nov 2008, 16:56
Try to acknowlegde the fact !!!
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Raull 7 Nov 2008, 16:40
got 6 aswell
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Nellie 7 Nov 2008, 16:41
'n if anyones got some SFW games to kill the time posty! Facebook pool can only entertain for so long
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stKz 7 Nov 2008, 16:41
shitty fucking quiz
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Pansy 7 Nov 2008, 16:44
You scored 10 out of 12
fucked up 11 and 10* O_o
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Nellie 7 Nov 2008, 16:45
Jeez she's as clever as she is beautiful, amazing woman.
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Pansy 7 Nov 2008, 16:47
Unnecessary words: Some words add nothing but length to your prose.
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Adacore 7 Nov 2008, 16:56
3, 4, 10 and 11. I disagree with their answer for 3 and think 11 is just a stupid question in general, though.
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Pansy 7 Nov 2008, 17:00
11 did get me, but there we are. After reading 3 back i think i got it with abit of luck in all honesty, rather unnecessary.
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stKz 7 Nov 2008, 16:45
Nellie has given you a warning worth 1 points.
Reason:
Quote Awesome quiz

\o/
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Bartichello 7 Nov 2008, 16:48
4... honestly :p
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Adacore 7 Nov 2008, 16:53
I have a problem with some of the questions on the quiz, in that the answers actually mean different things. I can't tell them what's correct without knowing what they're trying to say. Did the UN observers actually accuse the paramilitaries of torture/murder, or did their report merely list human right abuses, for example? Not that that actually effected anything in my answers, as it was.

I got 8/12. Two of the others I agree with, two I thought were stupid points (you're making a point that it's THE tyre maker, as in the one everyone's talking about; and all the metaphors extended or otherwise are silly, so whey prefer that one?)
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Nellie 7 Nov 2008, 16:55
Should've revised the guide Mr Adacore!
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fusen 7 Nov 2008, 17:41
surely style is someone subjective :<

I agree with adacore!
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Nellie 7 Nov 2008, 17:43
Any guide that says of American English, simply, “Don’t.” is infallible imo!
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Grumly 7 Nov 2008, 17:02
I deeply agree with you on question 3.
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rahula 7 Nov 2008, 19:44
Furthermore no target audience is specified, so you can easily argue that 'unnecessary words' or 'the use of other languages' can't be criticised :4
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Adacore 7 Nov 2008, 19:56
You can infer some kind of target audience from the fact that it's the Economist, but you have a point.
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Nugis 7 Nov 2008, 17:20
scored 8
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Kiewan 7 Nov 2008, 17:59
You scored 5 out of 12:[
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sAs1 7 Nov 2008, 18:18
You scored 6 out of 12
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triflip 7 Nov 2008, 18:26
You scored 7 out of 12
and I didn't even read the questions
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kReSti 7 Nov 2008, 18:28
You scored 3 out of 12
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KnutBertje 7 Nov 2008, 18:59
You scored 6 out of 12 :X
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Nickk 7 Nov 2008, 19:13
9 and happy with it :)
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rahula 7 Nov 2008, 19:42
7, but like acadore i disagree a lot with some of the questions x_x
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