If you look at the address (http://www.eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html), you'll note that the quiz is clearly meant for English as a Second Language students, so I wouldn't brag too much. Ba-dum-CHING.
My problem with the quiz? It's all like "Ooh, we know about punctuation rules, la-di-da." And then it uses sentence fragments. It promotes one aspect of the English language as being more important than another, and that's wrong.
And I'm not just bitter because I had a cranial hiccup and got one wrong (damn fragments confused me).
you'll note that the quiz is clearly meant for English as a Second Language students
Not so clearly. My guess is that the "ESL" in the addy is meant to stand for Eats, Shoots & Leaves. ie, the title of the book.
Usually if a book is aimed at English language learners, it's specified prominently on the cover - people learning English constitutes a helluva lot bigger market than English-speakers looking to brush up on their remedial grammar skills, even in Britain. $$$$$
My problem with the quiz? It's all like "Ooh, we know about punctuation rules, la-di-da." And then it uses sentence fragments. It promotes one aspect of the English language as being more important than another, and that's wrong.
True. I was irked at that. Sentence fragments annoy the hell out of me.
And I'm not just bitter because I had a cranial hiccup and got one wrong (damn fragments confused me).
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Date: 2004-07-22 06:24 am (UTC)My problem with the quiz? It's all like "Ooh, we know about punctuation rules, la-di-da." And then it uses sentence fragments. It promotes one aspect of the English language as being more important than another, and that's wrong.
And I'm not just bitter because I had a cranial hiccup and got one wrong (damn fragments confused me).
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Date: 2004-07-22 08:10 am (UTC)Not so clearly. My guess is that the "ESL" in the addy is meant to stand for Eats, Shoots & Leaves. ie, the title of the book.
Usually if a book is aimed at English language learners, it's specified prominently on the cover - people learning English constitutes a helluva lot bigger market than English-speakers looking to brush up on their remedial grammar skills, even in Britain. $$$$$
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Date: 2004-07-22 03:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-22 04:51 pm (UTC)True. I was irked at that. Sentence fragments annoy the hell out of me.
And I'm not just bitter because I had a cranial hiccup and got one wrong (damn fragments confused me).
Hehehehehe.