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errors in the tests #61 (permalink) Sun Sep 02, 2007 21:56 pm   errors in the tests
 

Let's wait until what you refer to as
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raise the issue themselves. I am puzzled why you spend your time devoting your efforts to making mountains out of molehills.

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errors in the tests #62 (permalink) Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:26 am   errors in the tests
 

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Could be the same reason you do. Wink
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errors in the tests #63 (permalink) Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:52 am   errors in the tests
 

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You seem to be puzzled fairly often, Alan. Wink

It's a shame, though, to stick your head in the sand and simply pretend there is nothing that needs editing in the tests. I mean, there have recently been lots of typos corrected, but there have also been some whoppers. A majority of the errors already edited had been stagnating on the site for years. Why is that? Perhaps because no one wanted to have to deal with what I'm dealing with right now?

It's high time somebody said something about the errors. Don't you think they've stagnated long enough?

It's puzzling that you feel it is appropriate and professional to withhold any and all explanation on the question I've raised about sentence 6/7. You wrote the sentence. Therefore, you are theoretically the best person to explain the tense usage.

It seems you have no explanation at all and simply don't want to say so.
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errors in the tests #64 (permalink) Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:34 am   errors in the tests
 

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http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii266/esl-test.php

Question 2 has a typo: The word 'as' should be 'a'.

Question 5 has not been edited yet.
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errors in the tests #65 (permalink) Tue Sep 04, 2007 13:52 pm   errors in the tests
 

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Lost_soul has pointed out a typo in this test:
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ae040/esl-test.php

Sentence 1 should read this way:
The teenagers next door make a lot of racket when their parents are out of town.
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errors in the tests #66 (permalink) Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:59 pm   errors in the tests
 

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Here's another typo needing correction -- compliments of a test-taker. Wink
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic19834.html#64767
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errors in the tests #67 (permalink) Tue Sep 04, 2007 17:23 pm   errors in the tests
 

Hi Amy,

Many thanks for pointing out the typos -- they'll be corrected by tomorrow.
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errors in the tests #68 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:09 am   errors in the tests
 

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I hope that includes all of the various types of typos. Wink

By the way, what about some of the other older discussions of editing? For example, in this thread:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic16509.html#51306

Was this overlooked or forgotten? Or did the author disagree?

Here is a post that was never answered at all even though the poster made a good point:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic13267.html#38095

If an author disagrees with editing suggestions, don't you think it would be worthwhile and instructive if the author also offered his/her point of view as to why the sentence does not need any editing?
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errors in the tests #69 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:49 am   errors in the tests
 

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Here's another one. The typo pointed out here hasn't been corrected:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic12728.html#36099
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errors in the tests #70 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:40 am   errors in the tests
 

Hi Amy,

Thanks a lot for pointing out those mistakes -- we'll fix them soon.
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errors in the tests #71 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:26 pm   errors in the tests
 

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Here's another that just popped up: http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic19834.html
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errors in the tests #72 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 14:35 pm   errors in the tests
 

Hi Torsten

I'm glad this test is going to be edited:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic13267.html#64873

I have now added some comments in the above thread explaining why a little editing is necessary. If you think my post is unhelpful or completely unnecessary, please feel free to simply delete it.
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errors in the tests #73 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 16:50 pm   errors in the tests
 

Hi Amy,

What would we do without you and MM, who have taken the trouble of editing all these numerous tests. I realise how troublesome and time consuming it is both editing and parsing them. The tests are an essential ingredient of the site inasmuch as many English learners stumble onto the site through the tests like I did some time ago, when taking tests on a daily basis was my main occupation. I acknowledge that some forum members and other learners of the intermediate/ advanced levels can fix a mistake. But what about other English learners, with the poor command of the language, who are not able to define the correctness of a sentence and learn it automatically.From these considerations, the tests are worth editing thoroughly as they can easily do many test-takers a disservice.
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errors in the tests #74 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 19:14 pm   errors in the tests
 

Thanks, Pamela.

Obviously, some of the authors of the tests here have invested huge amounts of time in test-writing. It's great that the site has so many tests to offer, but even best-selling authors and the writers of the top ESL books have editors. Typos and errors are not really unusual, and that's what keeps so many editors and proofreaders so very busy and so very employed. Laughing

Seeing as the tests on this site are in fact "tests", and also that this site caters to those aiming at taking standardized tests, I feel strongly that editing is a critical and necessary element for the tests here. I think it's often much easier for someone other than the author of a test to spot a problem or typo. In addition, there are also differences in usage that a writer might not be aware of (e.g. BE vs AmE).
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errors in the tests #75 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 22:39 pm   errors in the tests
 

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I wish I were, Pamela, but I am just reporting problems I stumble upon.
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