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244 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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saagarjha ◴[21 Oct 24 23:07 UTC] No.41909496[source]▶

I’m curious if anyone has the solutions to these.

The point is that the questions are phrased ambiguously such that a reviewer can credibly claim that a "correct" solution is wrong.

Take question 20:

> Spell backwards, forwards

Is "backwards" the object, with "forwards" describing how to spell it — as in, "Spell the word 'backwards', forwards"?

Or is it being used as an adverb, telling you how to spell the word "forwards" — as in, "Spell backwards the word 'forwards'"?

lostmsu ◴[22 Oct 24 00:40 UTC] No.41910065[source]▶

With the comma the second interpretation seems inapplicable to me.

1. onionisafruit ◴[22 Oct 24 05:33 UTC] No.41911478[source]▶

It seems inapplicable to you, but it will probably seem very applicable to the test administrator who doesn’t want people like you voting.

A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote