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Three, actually. Two are redundant. I may dock marks for that.

I have to do some work now. The courier package sent to me from London last Wednesday has finally struggled to my house. UPS are now slower than Canada Post. Amazing but true.

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18/20.

Definitive and long-lost. :(

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Definitive is forgivable. I'm sure a lot of people got that one wrong.

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20. I still have to think about necessary though - can't remember how to spell it but remember a latin phrase that in turn reminds me how to spell it. Strange!

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Never
Eat
Celery
Eat
Salad
Sandwiches
And
Remain
Young

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20/20 too.

Multiple choice makes it too easy. Most of us can easily see the difference between the one obviously right answer and the two even-more-obviously wrong answers.

An old one, but maybe worth repeating here...

Give an example of a correct sentence in English which has five consecutive uses of the word "and".

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19/20 for me - got my metaphors and simile's confused in the first question!

Think I'm going to send this to my future sister-in-law who drives me insane with her constant incorrect use of they're/their/there and you're/your. How hard is it really?!?

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In the case of spelling, I'd be inclined to agree with you. On the other hand, many people do not know the difference between a metaphor and a simile.

It's "that has", not "which has", by the way.

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That one got me as well and I couldn't spell "questionnaire" correctly this morning. :o

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Two guys were discussing the word-spacing on the newly painted sign of their pub, the Rose and Crown. Jack says to Jim: "the gaps between "Rose" and "and" and "and" and "Crown" are uneven."

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We did that in primary 6, I remember it clearly. Pub sign "George and Dragon" - has unequal spaces. Guy writes to complain - "Dear Sir, There are unequal spaces between "George" and "and" and "and" and Dragon."

Also got taught one for "had" at the same time - exam question, what is the pluperfect of to have? - "In the exam, Peter, where John had had "had", had had "had had", "had had" had had the teacher's approval".

The only useful thing that teacher taught me was the Kings and Queens of England rhyme, that "Willy, Willy, Harry, Steve; Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three" thing... he wasn't big on actual work :D

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11/20 but it is early on the West Coast :o

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In what possible way can it ever be at all useful to know the kings and queens of England?:confused:

Maybe I'm missing the point, but if by some bizarre turn of events I HAD to know that, I'd just look it up, lazy sod that i am.

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Pub quizzes! ;)

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OK. If, we're going to get all clever, here's one.

The name of a well-known area of London contains six consecutive consonants. What is the name?