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My grade a English language o level stood me in good stead. I got 3/10. But really wgaf. Oh, I do
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So after all these years of conning the taxpayer, we find that the NHS simply misplaces a comma to change the gender but charges a fortune for repeated operations that are not actually carried out?
Shameful
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6/10
And rather annoyingly, my Kiwi relatives scored better
One admitted Googling though!
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5 for me. Quite shocking. The sat/sitting thing i only got right through years spent listening to Terry Wogan being pedantic on that very point.
All my guesses are semi-educatedOriginally posted by mudskipper View Post9 out of 10 for me, although a couple were semi-educated guesses.
. Good test though!
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Aye, it was Hilary I got wrong. I expect a bloke called Hilary is used to being mistaken for a woman.Originally posted by Bacchus View Post9/10 too
but I confess that I guessed the gerund!
Hilary will never speak to me again though (unless he has the op
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9/10 too
but I confess that I guessed the gerund!
Hilary will never speak to me again though (unless he has the op
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6/10 which ok for guessing considering I was never taught the rules
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My English butler got 10/10 - I'll send chaffeur to check hows' the cook done it
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9.5 shirleyOriginally posted by Old Greg View PostUse an EBT and you'll get 9/10.
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