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Calling all grammar pedant's
Don't shoot me, the misplaced apostrophe is deliberate 
Take the Telegraph's Grammar Pedant Quiz.
I scored 9/10 
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I got 10/10 but for extra pedant points I would like to mention that the Oxford comma in no. 5 is not technically a 'mistake', even though I don't like it.
7/10
Not only have i let myself down, i have brought disgrace upon my family, friends, pets, employer, and the Shaolin Temple.
I will have to look at this on Monday at work - it won't load properly on my iPad.
Dammit, I shall have to borrow the thread service revolver. 7/10 (1, 3 and 10)- no 1 threw me completely.
Though I do like oxford commas in some circumstances.
Edit: but not in the example presented.
I was right 7/10
(not telling how many guesses)
10/10. Phew.
I was brung up with good language skills innit
I'm not an Oxford comma fan either.
The onions was the one I got wrong. And I think the answer to that one is arguable.
No, there is no other possible answer listed. You could have a full stop.
Got 8, but that's because I am a fan of the Oxford comma and no.1 is actually wrong.
If the punctuation belongs to the quotation, then it should be within the quotation marks, but if it doesn't, as here, then it should be outside the quotation marks. In this example the comma belongs to the main sentence, not the quotation.
'At four o'clock they had tea bread and butter and cake.'
Where would you put commas in that?
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I think no. 1 is reported speech, not a quotation.
10/10. I'm the type who really gets wound up by the grocer's apostrophe i.e. apple's, pear's etc.
I own up to being the same Daffy2.
10 - I get to keep my job
Personally I'd use a dash for the onions one though (like I've used above). Just a preference as it seems to require a pause rather than a breath (if that makes sense).
My pet peeve is "comprises of"
I would have got 10 if the first answer had been correct. Language pedantry is where it's at.
What's an Oxford comma?
I am amazed. i got 8 after a dodgy start where I got 1 and 3 wrong i got into my stride........
not bad from someone who used should of and could of.for the first 40 years of her life
Ran past this sign last week - thought it must be homemade but they are for sale (on Ebay anyway).
Their taking the piss aren't they?
I would of thought so.
What is an Oxford comma? I've studied English at GCSE, A-level and Degree level and can't remember it ever being mentioned.
It's when you put a comma at the end of a list before the 'and', Millsy.
This thread must cause difficultings to anyone who is a grandma pedant.