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English language mistakes [Puzzle with GA prize] [GA ended]

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stlpaul

How well can you spot common mistakes in English?

GA prize ends on the 14th of February.

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Fet

Bamp!

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stlpaul

Good job! You get the gold metal medal. ;)

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graiz123

Well not my first laguage but it`s close to me.. need it everyday

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stlpaul

Yeah, that's why I thought it would be good to put the warning that I'm in the US. However, none of the answers are pointing out US/British differences, as far as I am aware.

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stlpaul

It's just the one word or phrase that is wrong, like in the example. I tried to include multiple variations of each answer, but none of them are a full sentence.

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TheRealTaigo

Bomp for only Q10,14, and 16 left :3

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cookiebatter

Sovled!

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stlpaul

;)

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TheDocDrey

Bump for solved. Took me a while to get it right at 14...my eyes are really tired :)

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jeffhowe

slumpped for loved

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Kasia

Bump for Engrish :)

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combatbeard

Beard Bump

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Fragy

Bumb

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InquisitorAles

This is some hardcore test for me, it proves that i still need to improve my english because most of those questions is killing me. I simply can't find any mistakes in some questions, all seems normal to me =/ Still, thanks for puzzle, nice training

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stlpaul

To be fair, these are mistakes that native English speakers make as well. But you can probably find them by Googling certain words or phrases. :)

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InquisitorAles

After a serious brainstorm session, i ended up with Q10 and Q14 unsolved. I'm begging you only for one hint - the answer is single word or whole phrase?

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stlpaul

Both Q10 and Q14 answer can be a single word

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MarineSloth

It's because you've used idioms there that some people don't know and you can't even know they're wrong if you don't know the idiom ^_^

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Pyxios

Stuck on the last question.

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rafaelgomesxyz

Quite well. I am frequently correcting people's grammar around the Internet. Some people think that's rude. xD

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Pyxios

Me humps these.

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viaI

Most of these are very easy. Some of them aren't very bad mistakes as sayings in general aren't relevant. 14 is giving me trouble though.

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538UL84

Bump! Solved it but didn't like the games :P

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lmxn

Bump for passing the English test!

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sacrificex

Bumpidy bump

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DonutSlayer88

bump

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Zupe00

Thanks, I solved it, but just a note that the answer for Question 4 is really more than it should be, had me stumped on that one for a while because it wasn't accepting the obvious simple correction.

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entropia

I had the same problem with 4 and your comment helped me solve it :)

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stlpaul

Good point. I have added the more simple answer as well. :)

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skunlte

bump for solved

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MaxBedlam

Bump for solved!

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Tumalu

English is my first language, but I still suck at it. :)

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MetalWrather

Bump for solved!

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Closed 8 years ago by stlpaul.