Spelling and Grammar Test--"The Times"

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TAKE THE TIMES TEST
How good are you at grammar and spelling? Test yourself against The Times style editor

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

The clickable link is towards the lower right-hand corner of the page. We all know that English spelling is a bit different from American; anyway it looks interesting:

6. For their son's wedding, they sat on the left of the knave.

And what, pray tell, is a borstal?

[John Cole]

M,

After searching through the style guide, I found "borstal" is no longer politically correct; it should now be replaced with "young offenders institution."

And, I've been to a few weddings where I have sat to the left of knaves, but always to the right of the nave.

John

P.S. Where are the answers?

Considering the way I'm starting to feel about this whole PC-correct business, anything the PC folks state SHOULD be used makes me inclined to do just the opposite, so I'll go with "borstal" here;-)...by the way, I thought liberals were supposed to be AGAINST censorship of speech, so what gives here anyway, unless they just think it's OK when THEY decide what's acceptable;-)

Anyway, I don't know where the quiz answers are, so let's count finding them as being the 21st question, worth 5 additional points.

[pudley4]

Answers (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,343-462754,00.html)

[John Cole]

Thanks; M and I never would have found it.

John