Not-so-OK Cupid
OKCupid! presents: The Commonly Confused Words Test featuring some questions involving regional variation and pragmatic issues...
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2 Comments:
Did you know that you receive the same score, regardless of geographical variation? For instance, in America, "practice" is used for both the noun and verb form of the word. However, in Canada and the UK, "practice" is a noun and "practise" is a verb. However, on the test, it does not matter which one of these two options you choose because you will receive the same number of points.
You are absolutely right about the "Not-so-OK Cupid" part though. You could get all 10 questions correct in the Beginner section, and still receive a 0% sometimes. There are glitches in the OKCupid score generator. Did you check out the Answer Key on my blog? I might not be as "stupid" as you think. ;-)
I just looked over the answer key-- thanks for pointing it out. In the sections you've posted the answers for so far, the only one I have a problem with is #14. I wouldn't give someone who picks 'hard' (a stylistic choice) the same score as someone who picks 'except.'
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