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Apostrophe Abuse

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"your so kewl lets get 2gether sumtim" Sometimes a person can wonder if anyone knows how to spell anymore. Sometimes a person has to wonder if teachers have just given up on grammar and punctuation altogether. Sometimes a person wonders what all the fuss is about if other people can figure out what's being said.

Are you well-versed in homophones, possessive pronouns, and punctuation? Do you know why apostrophes are being overworked and underpaid? Do you spend so much time text messaging on your phone that you no longer know how to spell without numbers? Do you wonder why the non-word "gooder" is in the title? Go on, take the quiz and see what the teacher would give you in Language Arts today.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
 
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
 
3. _____ book is this?
Who's
Whose
 
4. I can't believe ______ so hot outside today.
it's
its
 
5. I think you left ______ sweater in my car.
you're
your
 
6. _____ asking a lot of questions about what happened to ____ gnome.
They're, there
There, their
Their, there
They're, their
Their, they're
There, there
 
7. _____ no longer my best friend.
You're
Your
 
8. His dog _____ up after eating all ____ food.
threw, it's
through, it's
threw, its
through, its
though, it's
threwed, its
 
9. _____ going to meet us ____ if ____ still feeling up to it.
They're, their, you're
Their, there, your
They're, there, you're
There, their, your
Their, there, you're
They're, their, your
 
10. ____ coming to ____ party?
Whose, your
Who's, your
Whose, you're
Who's, your
 
11. "____ you feeling okay__" she asked__
Our, ?, .
Are, ., ?
Our, ., ?
Are, ?, .
 
12. Four _____ walked into a bar. The first three sat down and ordered a shot each. The fourth _____ drink of choice was a beer.
monkey's, monkeys
monkeys, monkey's
monkeys', monkeys
monkeys', monkey's
monkees, monkeys'
monkies, monky's
 
13. This quiz is stupid. No one needs to no any of this stuff anymore.
True
False
It should be "...know any of this stuff..."
"No one" should be one word.
Is this part of the quiz?
Your a idiot.
 


Reprinted from GoToQuiz.

February 25, 2012

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