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Off topic: Try this grammar & spelling quiz Thread poster: James Heppe-Smith
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If you can separate it into two words, it needs an apostrophe: It's time = It is time I'm trying to think of a situation where you wouldn't need the apostrophe in this sentence, but I can't think of a realistic one. "What's wrong with the clock?" "Its time." Kind of a stretch? | | |
Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 03:46 Member (2007) English + ...
Peter Nicholson wrote: I got through level 1 OK, but then I kept failing on the first question of level 2 - Its time - so I gave up. Can anyone who passed - selecting Its time as wrong - justify this answer? As far as I remember, there's a full-stop (period) at the end of each one. I was looking hard for "Yes, but" responses, but I haven't found any so far. It seems to me to be very well designed. | | |
Peter Nicholson (X) Poland Local time: 04:46 Polish to English
Yes, the statement included a full stop: Its time. I am surprised that translators, faced with this statement and the choice of 'right' or 'wrong', should select 'wrong'. | | |
I don't understand | Jul 30, 2013 |
It is wrong, though...? | |
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Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 03:46 Member (2008) Italian to English
Ty Kendall wrote: .....slightly annoying little ditty is stuck in my head....earworm alert.... Doctor: What seems to be the trouble? Patient: It’s terrible! I’ve got a song in my head and it won’t stop! Doctor: Hmm. What’s the song? Patient: “The Green Green Grass of Home”. Doctor: Oh. I see. Is that the only song going through your head? Patient: Well as a matter of fact, there is another one.... Doctor: Hmm. What’s the other one? Patient: It goes “My, my, my, Delilah”. Doctor: Oh dear. You seem to have a very bad case of TJS. Patient: TJS? Doctor: Tom Jones Syndrome. Patient: Tom Jones Syndrome! Is that a common disease? Doctor: It’s not unusual.
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Gül Kaya United Kingdom Local time: 03:46 Turkish to English + ...
Tom in London wrote: Patient: Tom Jones Syndrome! Is that a common disease? Doctor: It’s not unusual. That gave me a chuckle this morning. I think this earworm business can be quite distressing for some people. There was a Radio 4 documentary a few months back on this. A woman has had the same tune in her head since the 1980s. If I remember correctly its was Nathan Jones by ...Bananarama maybe? During her wedding, the birth of her child. and it's still there. Now that's what I call unfortunate. | | |
Elena Volkova United Kingdom Local time: 03:46 English to Russian + ... Passed through all levels! | Jul 31, 2013 |
A really fun test, thanks! | | |
Andrea Riffo Chile Local time: 22:46 English to Spanish + ...
Sheila Wilson wrote: Ty Kendall wrote: I wonder how natives fare, compared to non-natives ...NO! NO! I'm kidding, I'm kidding.... Don't set them off again, Ty I did just fine until Level 7. Then I messed up and got stuck for a while. (The plural possessive has always been one of my weakest spots in English, I need some to time to think it over) Gül Kaya wrote: I think this earworm business can be quite distressing for some people. There was a Radio 4 documentary a few months back on this. A woman has had the same tune in her head since the 1980s. There's been some interesting writing on earworm; I particularly liked Oliver Sacks's Musicophilia, in case somebody's interested in the subject.
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Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 03:46 Member (2008) Italian to English I got it all correct. | Jul 31, 2013 |
Peter Nicholson wrote: I got through level 1 OK, but then I kept failing on the first question of level 2 - Its time - so I gave up. Can anyone who passed - selecting Its time as wrong - justify this answer? "Its time" is wrong unless you're talking about the time of something. As in "In its time, inflatable furniture was believed to be cool". Click on this: http://www.apostrophe.org.uk
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Peter Nicholson (X) Poland Local time: 04:46 Polish to English You got one wrong | Jul 31, 2013 |
Its time. Right or wrong? Tom in London wrote: "Its time" is wrong unless you're talking about the time of something. As in "In its time, inflatable furniture was believed to be cool". | | |
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 03:46 Member (2008) Italian to English It's time.... | Jul 31, 2013 |
Peter Nicholson wrote: Its time. Right or wrong? Tom in London wrote: "Its time" is wrong unless you're talking about the time of something. As in "In its time, inflatable furniture was believed to be cool". It's time I got on with something else. | | |
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