Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

Apparently, mine doesn’t.

Because I am arrogant, I fully expected to ace this quiz. This is what I got instead:


Your English Skills:


Grammar: 100%
Spelling: 80%
Punctuation: 60%
Vocabulary: 40%

80% SPELLING?! What the HECK!

60% Punctuation? I guess I need to read “Eats, Shoots, and Leaves” again.

40% Vocabulary? I’m gonna chalk that one up to taking the test “on the fly”. Otherwise the embarrassment would be unbearable. Maybe I am losing brain cells from being a SAHM after all. I know I knew these words in college. I just know it.

So, take the quiz and report back. (unless you kick blogquiz butt, in which case, I don’t want to know. [That means you, Matt L.]) With a little luck, maybe I won’t feel as stupid as I do right now.

Filed under: General, Catbird, Random Thoughts, SAHM on September 27th, 2006

12 Responses to “Does Your English Cut the Mustard?”

  1. PaulF, on September 27th, 2006 at 4:29 pm Said:

    Grammar: 100%
    Punctuation: 80%
    Spelling: 80%
    Vocabulary: 40%

    I hate vocabulary. Always have, always will.
    I thought I would do better in spelling.

  2. Christy, on September 27th, 2006 at 5:42 pm Said:

    I did not do well either:

    Punctuation: 100%
    Grammar: 80%
    Spelling: 40%
    Vocabulary: 20%

    However, I don’t think it is fair to base my use and knowledge of vocabulary on three or four questions. :)

  3. Bonnie, on September 27th, 2006 at 7:24 pm Said:

    Punctuation: 100%
    Grammar: 60%
    Spelling: 60%
    Vocabulary: 60%

    I’m not happy with this at all. That’s one A and 3 F’s, if I remember my grading scale correctly. I never did like spelling and vocabulary. I was hoping to diagram sentences though.

  4. Anna, on September 27th, 2006 at 7:46 pm Said:

    Vocabulary: 100%
    Grammar: 80%
    Spelling: 80%
    Punctuation: 60%

    Like I’ve said in comments on other posts, I’m a firm believer in grammar and punctuation as art, not science. :)

  5. rob, on September 27th, 2006 at 8:55 pm Said:

    Grammar: 80%
    Punctuation: 80%
    Spelling: 40%
    Vocabulary: 20%

  6. Jill, on September 27th, 2006 at 9:16 pm Said:

    Your English Skills:

    Grammar: 100%
    Punctuation: 60%
    Spelling: 60%
    Vocabulary: 40%

    Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

    Not surprised about the vocabulary score. Unlike you Cathy, I am horrible in this area! I prefer to stick to the basics when it comes to words.

  7. Patricia, on September 27th, 2006 at 9:26 pm Said:

    Punctuation: 100%
    Grammar: 80%
    Spelling: 40%
    Vocabulary: 20%

    I thought I was a better speller than that! Not surprised by the vocab score though.

  8. Grant, on September 27th, 2006 at 11:23 pm Said:

    This is either good news - you’re not as Nazi-ish as I thought…

    OR this is horrible news - there exist someone worse than you and they are not in a lockdown unit.

    My scores:
    80, 80, 60, 40….

  9. Amy, on September 28th, 2006 at 12:56 pm Said:

    Punctuation: 100%
    Vocabulary: 100%
    Spelling: 60%
    Grammar: 40%

    Not bad. I’m pretty sure the grammar section is rigged, though. I’m not too surprised by the spelling score, really. Although, I guess I thought I’d do worse there.

  10. Danielle, on September 29th, 2006 at 8:49 am Said:

    Punctuation: 100%
    Grammar: 60%
    Spelling: 40%
    Vocabulary: 40%

    Well, spelling never was my thing, but I wish my vocab was more! I’m glad my punctuation was okay. Thanks to “Eats Shoots & Leaves!”

  11. The Fine Print « Planning For The Future, on October 1st, 2006 at 12:05 am Said:

    […] If you see; what your think is bad grammar, or punctuation then you might be a bit of a typo-Nazi yourself, because, as Anna says, it’s more of an art than a science. […]

  12. Beth Payne, on October 5th, 2006 at 5:55 pm Said:

    Your English Skills:

    Grammar: 100%
    Spelling: 100%
    Vocabulary: 100%
    Punctuation: 60%

    I guess it doesn’t do a lot of good to know grammar and spelling if your poor punctuation changes the meaning of what you are trying to communicate.

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