I've been thinking about how people learn English as a second language and studying inflection, including the way we make plurals and possessives. So here is a short quiz on possessives for native speakers as well as for those who have learned or are learning English as a second language.

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This is National Grammar Day. Perhaps this is a good day to try the Triangle Grammar Guide quizzes, if you haven't. You can find links to them here. Most of them are short. Strictly speaking, they aren't about grammar. Some parts deal with usage or word choice.

Have fun! 

The Triangle Grammar Guide has a gift for you: a quiz with a holiday theme. The five sentences cover several grammar and usage issues. The quiz contains more graphics and might take a bit longer to load up for you. 

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The Triangle Grammar Guide quiz is on lay and lie.

The latest Grammar Guide quiz focuses on word choice.

Today's quiz was inspired and aided by John Bremner's "Words on Words." The five sentences on the quiz involve word choices. Some sentences appeared in print; others were composed to illustrate the point.

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Today's quiz contains various grammar, usage, punctuation or spelling problems. Try the quiz and leave a comment if you wish. I've put no time limit on the quiz, which has the usual five parts. 

See my earlier post for a review of a book that plays a part in one of the quiz answers today.

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The new Triangle Grammar Guide quiz offers a variation on the usual multiple choice format.

Today's quiz has five sentences. You will choose the better of two choices given in the sentences. Have fun and leave a comment.

By the way, not everything on the Triangle Grammar Guide quiz or on the blog is about grammar. "Grammar" is my shorthand for all the language problems that come up.

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Today's quiz is about word usage. You will read sentences and choose the best word for the blank. Usually, I draw from actual examples to make the quizzes, but this one uses made-up examples. Good luck with the quiz. Click here to begin.

Previous quizzes are available in the blog archive.