Sarah Brownsword, the educator behind the question, put the debate down to the fact that "people love to talk about and argue ...

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The grammar quiz was posted on Facebook to get enough people to take part. Questions tested if participants could determine whether a sentence written in English, such as: "Yesterday John wanted ...