A LITTLE TEST
Read, the following sentence to d friend and ask him to write it down. From 100, which is a perfect score for the test, subtract 10 for each word misspelled:— “ Outside a cemetery sat a harassed cobbler and an embarrassed oculist, picnicking on a desiccated apple,, and gazing ■ at the symmetry of a lady’s ankle with unparalleled ecstasy.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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61A LITTLE TEST Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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