I wrote an exam today...

[BigToque]

I've got 3 dictionaries saying I'm correct. WTF are you guys thinking?

Took?

Please...

 

[JayHu]

ha! it's 50/50 at the moment

darn it.. 3/4

 

[JayHu]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: JayHu
It's alright BigToque, I'm form canada too, and I say 'wrote an exam today' too. Actually the exam I wrote/took yesterday left me in a similar situation to yours.

It's definitely a canadian thing.

<---fvkign hates mayanoise and cheese sandwhiches




MAYONAISE AND CHEESE NEED FRIENDS ON A SANDWHICH...THEY ARE TOO LONEY TOGETHER AND MAYBE I'M JSUT BEING MAYOPHOBIC BUT I DON'T LIKE THEIR KIND HANGING OUT OTGETHER...ALONE....ALTHOUGH ORGIES INVOLVING A VARIETY OF MEATS ARE AACEPTABLE....

and umm.. okay... good for you?!?!?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: JayHu

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: JayHu
It's alright BigToque, I'm form canada too, and I say 'wrote an exam today' too. Actually the exam I wrote/took yesterday left me in a similar situation to yours.

It's definitely a canadian thing.

<---fvkign hates mayanoise and cheese sandwhiches




MAYONAISE AND CHEESE NEED FRIENDS ON A SANDWHICH...THEY ARE TOO LONEY TOGETHER AND MAYBE I'M JSUT BEING MAYOPHOBIC BUT I DON'T LIKE THEIR KIND HANGING OUT OTGETHER...ALONE....ALTHOUGH ORGIES INVOLVING A VARIETY OF MEATS ARE AACEPTABLE....

and umm.. okay... good for you?!?!?

I had a rather stressful day at work today

and I hate mayo with a passion:||

 

[Omegachi]

are you a fckin idiot? geez... no excuse if you are not FOB

 

[EyeMWing]

:thumbsup: for the pic. :thumbsdown for "wrote"

 

[handoverfist]

I voted took. I know where you're coming from though, as I'm Indian. My parents used to always ask me how I wrote my exam.

 

[darkxshade]

wrote = written?

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: dawks
I'm also on the side of 'wrote'. Possibly because I am also from Canada eh?

But when you look at it technically, 'took' is a bad word. Like BigTouqe says, where did you take it? Home? Are you going to keep it? Usually you need to had it in before leaving. You're not allow to 'take' it out of the room. 'Writing' and exam is a better word for participating in the examination. I'm 'writing' the exam, I'm not 'taking' it. And 'creating' an exam might be better then 'writing' it for those who create it.

Ah, but you ARE taking it.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/take

17 a : to undertake and make, do, or perform <take a walk> <take aim> <take legal action> <take a test> <take a look>

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: BigToque
I've got 3 dictionaries saying I'm correct. WTF are you guys thinking?

Took?

Please...

are you completely stupid? no one is saying that "wrote" isn't the past tense of "write".

 

[eelw]

Originally posted by: Tick
On these forums we speak American, not British or Canadian!

O RLY???????????

 

[Goosemaster]

I :heart: your proof pic

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: BigToque
I've got 3 dictionaries saying I'm correct. WTF are you guys thinking?

Took?

Please...

askoxford.com
take

? verb (past took; past part. taken)
9 experience or be affected by. use as a route or a means of transport. accept or receive. acquire or assume (a position, state, or form). require or use up. hold or accommodate. act on (an opportunity). regard, view, or deal with in a specified way: he took it as an insult. submit to, tolerate, or endure. make, undertake, or perform (an action or task). be taught or examined in (a subject).

m-w.com
Main Entry: 1take
Pronunciation: 'tAk
Function: verb
17 a : to undertake and make, do, or perform <take a walk> <take aim> <take legal action> <take a test> <take a look> b : to participate in <take a meeting>

dictionary.com


take Audio pronunciation of "take" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tk)
v. took, (tk) tak·en, (tkn) tak·ing, takes
v. tr.
18. To write or make a record of, especially in shorthand or cursive writing: take a letter; take notes.

23. To undertake, make, or perform: take a walk; take a decision.

Sure sounds a lot more applicable to test-taking than simply saying "the past tense of write is wrote! LOL."

 

[simms]

I'm with you on write!

We all know Americans are going to be last to get the metric system. They can be last in picking up proper English as well.

Silly Americans...

 

[Raiden256]

In Spanish, the verb phrase is "Escribir un examen", which literally translates into "To write an exam". I'm sure it's this way in several languages.

Took me about a minute to get over this peculiarity in my freshman year of highschool. People from other countries have and speak using different idioms. Duh?

So let's all take a deep breath.....
....[inhaling].........
.....and just.......
....[exhaling].....

get over ourselves.




Edit: Poll is incomplete. Need an option for BOTH!

 

[Playmaker]

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: Playmaker
I'm American and I hear both. I just heard someone say "I write the LSAT in June," actually.

I think "write" is traditional and "take" is dumbed down Americanese. Community colleges ftw.

Let me guess, you drink POP too.

No, I drink soft drinks.

"Pop" is a sound, "soda" is carbonated water, and "Coke" is a brand.

What do you drink?

 

[Playmaker]

Originally posted by: Raiden256
In Spanish, the verb phrase is "Escribir un examen", which literally translates into "To write an exam". I'm sure it's this way in several languages.

Took me about a minute to get over this peculiarity in my freshman year of highschool. People from other countries have and speak using different idioms. Duh?

So let's all take a deep breath.....
....[inhaling].........
.....and just.......
....[exhaling].....

get over ourselves.




Edit: Poll is incomplete. Need an option for BOTH!

Agreed. It's American.

However, in America my experience has been a mixture of take and write, but in every country I've studied abroad in, it's been write.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: BigToque
I've got 3 dictionaries saying I'm correct. WTF are you guys thinking?

Took?

Please...

askoxford.com
take

? verb (past took; past part. taken)
9 experience or be affected by. use as a route or a means of transport. accept or receive. acquire or assume (a position, state, or form). require or use up. hold or accommodate. act on (an opportunity). regard, view, or deal with in a specified way: he took it as an insult. submit to, tolerate, or endure. make, undertake, or perform (an action or task). be taught or examined in (a subject).

m-w.com
Main Entry: 1take
Pronunciation: 'tAk
Function: verb
17 a : to undertake and make, do, or perform <take a walk> <take aim> <take legal action> <take a test> <take a look> b : to participate in <take a meeting>

dictionary.com


take Audio pronunciation of "take" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tk)
v. took, (tk) tak·en, (tkn) tak·ing, takes
v. tr.
18. To write or make a record of, especially in shorthand or cursive writing: take a letter; take notes.

23. To undertake, make, or perform: take a walk; take a decision.

Sure sounds a lot more applicable to test-taking than simply saying "the past tense of write is wrote! LOL."

:thumbsup: not going to argue with the dictionary. its take, not write, and it says so right up above.

 

[MrDudeMan]

also, OP, we all know the word 'wrote' but thanks for defining it lol :roll: you obviously must be 'slow' if you couldnt figure out everyone was confused at the usage, not at the actual word. hahaha

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Raiden256
In Spanish, the verb phrase is "Escribir un examen", which literally translates into "To write an exam". I'm sure it's this way in several languages.

Edit: Poll is incomplete. Need an option for BOTH!

It's possible your Spanish is better than mine, but I doubt it...I grew up in Ecuador, where we said things like "Tuve un examen miercoles, voy a dar otro examen en dos dias, pero voy a escribir las respuestas en mi brazo. Me parece que paso todo mi vida tomando examenes."

(the rough English translations for those verbs are had, give, and take)

 

[step-dawg]

I don't see how you can say "write" the exam. If you go by the dictionary definition of write and the normal usage of the word, the phrase "I going to write an exam today" doesn't make sense unles you are the one creating it. If you have to use write, then you are "writing the answers to an exam today."

And if you're gonna quote your dictionarys, none of them have the definition of write equating to putting down answers to an exam. Grammatically it doesn't make sense.

How do you not see that?

 

[Vinny N]

Test-writers create tests.
Test-takers complete them.

Maybe if you said you wrote some essays today? or an essay?

Would you say you wrote an exam even if it was multiple choice?

What about a drug test?

Would you take one?

Or would you write one?

Or perhaps we got fancy you would undergo a drug test. Or submit a drug test.

 

[DeRusto]

I think he would piss a drug test..

 

[UncleWai]

Barry Bonds wrote steroids.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: eelw

Originally posted by: Tick
On these forums we speak American, not British or Canadian!

O RLY???????????

YA RLY!!!!!!!!!!!!