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"Swank" means (30 points)

	Sumptuously furnished
	Pretentiously stylish
	Drunk but pretty
	Swanlike
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A "malapropism" (a comical misuse of words) is named after Mrs. Malaprop, a character in what Richard Sheridan play? (40 points)

	The Critic
	St. Patrick's Day
	School for Scandal
	The Rivals
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Adding "-ing" to a verb and using it as a noun makes it a: (30 points)

	diphthong
	gerund
	modifier
	predicate
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The longest non-technical word in the english language is... (50 points)

	Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
	Honorificabilitudinitatibus
	Antidisestablishmentarianism
	Floccinaucinihilipilification
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The sound at the beginning of the English word "the" is represented by what IPA symbol? (40 points)

	"th"
	eth
	thorn
	theta
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Pick the odd one out. (20 points)

	mundane
	eclectic
	hackneyed
	banal
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Which of the following is correct (40 points)

	The Buffalo buffalo roamed the land.
	I would of gone to the store if it was open.
	I almost failed every class (I only passed two of them).
	Crossing the street, a dog jumped out in front of me.
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The words "their", "until", 'too", "ask", and "our" have what In common? (30 points)

	they are all prepositions.
	they are all homophones.
	they are among the top ten most misspelled words.
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