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How accurates do quotes have to be?

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  • 03-06-2009 5:09pm
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    happydayz182
    Registered Users Posts: 484 ✭✭


    Like if you leave out a word or a letter do you not get any or lose marks?im talking about really minor mistakes for exmaple Lady macbeth : "When you durst do it then you were a man"
    If i slip up (obviously not in this quote but another example) and say "When you durst do it then you ARE a man" how strongly is this penalised?


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    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    I've no idea. But I imagine the examiner is hardly going to have a copy of Macbeth in front of them so you'd probably be fine. Except maybe that particular quote you wrote because the tenses are wrong.


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    Beau x1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Beau x1


    No but for the important ones your examiner might look down on you if he's a massive Macbeth fan.


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    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,612 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Get the words right, down worry about things like "has't" equally has not or whatever. And don't worry about punctuation.


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    happyhappyhappy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭happyhappyhappy


    Some examiners will be twats
    You should know quotes really well


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    TheCardHolder
    Registered Users Posts: 929 ✭✭✭TheCardHolder


    Very.


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    happyhappyhappy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭happyhappyhappy


    As well...my friend told me her teacher corrects and would consider your question a fail if you mis-quote


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    fiscalstudent
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    If Macbeth is the text then you need to be fairly accurate as all the examiners know it inside out. In particular the more famous qoutes need to be accurate as it will be seen as an obvious mistake.


    having said that, on the day don't panic if your unsure between 2 similar words, just pick one and go for it


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    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Rough estimation of quotes to aim for in a Macbeth answer?


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    smndly
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭smndly


    2 per paragraph i'd say so about 9 or ten. Maybe with a few one or two worders thrown in like "brave Macbeth"


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    timmywex
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    happydayz182 wrote: »
    Like if you leave out a word or a letter do you not get any or lose marks?im talking about really minor mistakes for exmaple Lady macbeth : "When you durst do it then you were a man"
    If i slip up (obviously not in this quote but another example) and say "When you durst do it then you ARE a man" how strongly is this penalised?

    Depends on the quote, depends how kinda well known or not it is.


    The comparative you could throw down anything and get away with it.

    And the poetry you could make a slip and get away with it handily enough!


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