Are you a word master? Take our word challenge and find out.
Writing is a critical business skill.
At the least, using the wrong word in a report, proposal or memo can be embarrassing. At its worst, misusing words can damage your credibility and even prove costly.
So, how good are you? Can you get 25 out of 25 right?
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I loved the quiz, it helped me see if I still remembered some things. I did pretty good, but some of them I second guessed myself and it ended up wrong. Oh well, at least I knew the true answer.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice refresher! Missed two and it is the same two that always trip me up.
Wow, you only missed two! That’s very good.
100% Right, too easy.
BTW – (High school dropout)
Congrats…. you know your stuff…. btw… a lot of college grads aren’t scoring 100%…
I wield the red pen in our office, and love it or hate it, I’m usually right. Great quiz, just wish I could see which one I missed. (The “Review Your Score” link doesn’t seem to be working.)
Sorry about the quiz review. I think it is fixed now if you’d like to try the quiz again.
john
Sorry about the quiz review. I think it is fixed now if you’d like to try the quiz again.
john
Great quiz! I wanted to review what I got wrong but the link did not work. But still, fun quiz.
Sorry about the quiz review. I think it is fixed now if you’d like to try the quiz again.
john
Missed one…I’m OK with it.
As mentioned above, I would like to see which one I missed. I suspect the effect/affect question.
Sorry about the quiz review. I think it is fixed now if you’d like to try the quiz again.
john
My memory is not as bad as I expected. I scored 80%. Not bad for a 50 year old operations manager.
Today is April 16. I enjoyed taking the quiz. Unfortunately, I did not receive a score.
Great Quiz! Missed two…it is good to review your work. I have someone that always takes the red pen to what I write and I love it! Keeps you on your toes…
Question 14 is incorrect:
“With whom should I speak” would be correct.
That’s right! Otherwise, you’re ending the sentence with a preposition. This is the only one I missed, because being so formal at the beginning of the sentence doesn’t fit with the grammatically incorrect sentence structure.
I enjoyed the quiz…admittedly, I had to laugh at some of the questions. People annoy me all the time with these mistakes.
Great quiz, here’s one that bothers me…. irritate/aggravate. How do you feel about this one? Recently got into it with family, one of whom pointed out that the dictionary now lists the definition of “aggravate” not only as “to make worse” but also as “to irritate” (though it also says “informal”). I was always taught that you can aggravate a situation or condition, but not a person.
I missed 3 so I guess that’s not too bad. Thanks for the review!!
Only missed two, principal and farther. They’re burned in now.
Thanks for the mental and literary aerobics.
I got all 25 questions correct. How come I only got a 96%, rather than 100%?
I missed only one. Not bad for an old engineer. Of course, my mistake was the first who/whom question. I knew it was wrong as soon as I submitted it. That little preposition “to” was screaming at me and I ignored it.
My “Business English for Engineers” professor was by far the most strict and exacting teacher I ever had, whether in my major technical subjects or the rest of my undergraduate courses. It was also the most thrilling “B+” I ever received, considering my professor had declared that earning an “A” in her course was a rare and wonderful achievement.