The TypochondriacHow big a word freak are you?

Are you confident enough in your language skills to take Alden Wood’s “No-Fail No-Fault Skull Stretcher for Word Freaks and other Friends of the English Languish” test?

Are you confident enough in your language skills to take Alden Wood’s “No-Fail No-Fault Skull Stretcher for Word Freaks and other Friends of the English Languish” test?

Below is a language test called “The Typochondriac’s No-Fail No-Fault Skull Stretcher for Word Freaks and other Friends of the English Languish.” It is a bad, bad test. It comprises many of the most egregious and oft-repeated errors I’ve noted during years of word watching. If you score well, feel good. Most people don’t. Scoring the test is also difficult. (This is mainly because every time I’ve offered it, some smart-asp comes up with an error I missed … or made.) Go to it!!

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