Just to jump on the band wagon…
I rather like
5. Worried, and frayed, the old man paced the floor waiting for his daughter.
My automatic reading was that the old man’s nerves were frayed… Shows my age, I suppose, as this is also likely something that no young person would ever think or write!
Best,
D
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Melinda Schwenk-Borrell
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:21 AM
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Subject: Re: What's Wrong with This Picture?
Adjunct Professor of Communication, UMUC
The answers: 1. drank; 2. excepted, accept; 3. lose, loose; 4. It's; 5. incorrect (it should be "afraid").
(Source:
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-texting-ruining-kids-grammar-skills-20120801,0,1365582.story)
Really?! Three out of the five sample questions have nothing to do with grammar--they are spelling issues. Furthermore, as any basic course in statistics will emphasize, one cannot infer causality from correlations. If this is the kind of research that is
informing our educators, God help us!
John
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