For the grammar police with extra time on their hands....

ta

The quizzes can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/section/insider

Whether or not they count against the article limit for nonsubscribers, I don't know.

Wow, that quiz is fun. Thanks!

More of the same - 

https://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection®ion=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/%22Copy+Edit+This!+Quiz%22/since1851/allresults/1/allauthors/newest/

please excuse my posting in the middle of the night - just saw another fun quiz!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-06/are-you-guilty-of-getting-these-common-phrases-wrong/9111628

I flunked as soon as I got to “curly ones.”

snort!   

Easy peasy!

joanne said:

please excuse my posting in the middle of the night - just saw another fun quiz!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-06/are-you-guilty-of-getting-these-common-phrases-wrong/9111628

Those aren't phrases. They are terms. A phrase has a verb.

Tom, I’m not sure I knew that; possibly it’s not an Aussie rule. Or, I may have forgotten it!

Tom_Reingold said:

joanne said:

please excuse my posting in the middle of the night - just saw another fun quiz!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-06/are-you-guilty-of-getting-these-common-phrases-wrong/9111628

Those aren't phrases. They are terms. A phrase has a verb.

Not always...

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/phrase

noun 1. Grammar.

1. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
2. (in English) a sequence of two or more words >span class="oneClick-link">does not contain a finite verb and its subject or >span class="oneClick-link">does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/phrases

A phrase is a small group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause. There are several different types, as follows:

Noun phrase

A noun phrase is built around a single noun, for example:

A vase of roses stood on the table.

She was reading a book about the emancipation of women.

Verb phrase

A verb phrase is the verbal part of a clause, for example:

She had been living in London.

I will be going to college next year.

Adjective phrase

An adjective phrase is built around an adjective, for example:

He’s led a very interesting life.

A lot of the kids are really keen on football.

Adverbial phrase

An adverbial phrase is built round an adverb by adding words before and/or after it, for example:

The economy recovered very slowly.

They wanted to leave the country as fast as possible.

Prepositional phrase

In a prepositional phrase the preposition always comes at the beginning, for example:

I longed to live near the sea.

The dog was hiding under the kitchen table.

Of course, we also use the word phrase to refer to a short group of words that have a particular meaning when they are used together, such as rain cats and dogs, play for time, or a square meal. This type of phrase is often referred to as an idiom.

Waddya know. I was taught a more limited definition. OK, now I know. Thanks, @marylago.

That explains it! Thanks, ml!

I have so many things on my must-do list this morning, that most deeper thinking is only half-present until lunchtime.

Tom_Reingold said:

Waddya know. I was taught a more limited definition.

It’s a phrase we all go through.

Do we agree?

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/why-punctuation-is-not-just-for-pedants-1.3308176