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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2008-09-08 05:58 pm

English test

The BBC are running some intelligence tests. Well, education tests. But still.

Go here and give it a go...

[Poll #1255869]

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2008-09-08 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Long-lost, otherwise it's ambiguous and possibly a lost brother who's long!

[identity profile] chuma.livejournal.com 2008-09-08 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely a long brother who is also lost would require a comma?
i.e. "long, lost brother"

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2008-09-08 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, maybe in that case but it's not the best example of that sort of ambiguity. If I wasn't tired I'd think of something!