What have apostrophes got to do with driving a taxi?

@Jemina (5770)
May 30, 2008 3:38pm CST
A taxi driver was denied a license because he failed an English test which he claimed did not actually test his driving skills. Oh my Buddha! Read the whole article here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023041/Taxi-driver-banned-driving--use-apostrophes.html
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HULYO
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Jun 08
whew! that is such a humorous story. how can one be denied of getting a license to dive a taxi, just because he doesn't know where to put the apostrophe? i think this is unfair to the divers. because apostrophe will not affect the way one drives.
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Jemina
@Jemina (5770)
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23 Jun 08
I know, it's totally irrelevant.
winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
8 Jun 08
I watched a documentary where the english cabbie is the hardest taxi job in the world, the test is out of this world and people study for two years for it.
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Jemina
@Jemina (5770)
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9 Jun 08
It's really a ridiculous test in the first place. It doesn't have any washback effect on the testtakers.
lucy02
@lucy02 (5015)
• United States
31 May 08
Poor guy! I hope this doesn't prevent him from getting a job anywhere in the future. I strongly doubt it would affect his taxi driving ability.
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Jemina
@Jemina (5770)
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31 May 08
I know it's really ridiculous. On the other hand, a person who has not been a cabbir before but knows his English grammar very well can get the job even is he is not familiar with the streets. That's what it is implying to me.
sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
2 Jun 08
I think it will reduce the license cab drives and there will be a whole lot of unlicensed cabbies popping up.The test has nothing to do with driving a cab and people will just drive without the license.
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Jemina
@Jemina (5770)
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2 Jun 08
Didn't this standardized tests get so much protests already? Why are they coming back to cast havoc on the drivers this time?
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