Because Grammar Polls Seem to Do So Well.

The following poll was inspired by some conversation on ifmud about questions on the Cambridge exam for the Certificate of Proficiency in English.

Please don't look at the answers of others before you submit your own. Also, do not use any references. if you don't know an answer, just make your best guess or write "I don't know" as appropriate.

[Poll #299625]

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Although I normally don't mention birthdays, four people on my reading list celebrate theirs today. Happy Birthday to tahnan, skitty, enoelie, and sylvia101.

Today's New York Times Crossword was an odd experience. I didn't time it, because I was watching a DVD as I solved it (Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, which I'll try to talk about later). That wasn't the norm for me. But what was very interesting was that I'd already seen the answers to the theme clues. They'd been run by the Cruciverb-L mailing list. It was a good Thursday puzzle overall, with a nice mixture of unusual entries and unusual clues.