Meme -- commonly confused words test

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Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test ...
English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 87% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!

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I'm kind of embarrassed that I got 13% wrong on the Expert section.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I got the further/farther one wrong. Never again!

K.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

It's a matter of style, not correctness. There is nothing wrong with using "farther" and "further" interchangeably. If one wants to use "farther" only for physical distance and "further" for everything else, that's fine, but let no one tell you that one is right and the other wrong (unless, of course, the source telling you is your client's mandated style...).

further/farther

[gomi-no-sensei.livejournal.com]

I only got it right because it was mentioned in Battlestar Galactica. Yep, really.