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Babel
en
This user is a
native speaker
of the
English language
.
de
Dieser Benutzer spricht
Deutsch
als
Muttersprache
.
la
-3
Hic usor
callidissima
latinitate
contribuere potest.
grc
-2
Ὅδε ὁ χρήστης δύναται συμβάλλεσθαι
μετρίᾳ
γνώσει τῆς
ἀρχαίας ἑλληνικῆς
.
sa
-1
एष उपयोजकः
सरलेन
संस्कृतेन
लेखितुं शक्नोति।
eo
-1
Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per
baza
nivelo de
Esperanto
.
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Writing Systems
ipa
-4
ə
This user has a
near-complete
understanding of the
International Phonetic Alphabet
.
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Grammar
Grammar and Usage
This user employs a
more formal style of writing
in articles than in talk pages.
they
…
This user considers
avoids it on Wikipedia
.
snkd
This user says
sneaked
.
infinitive
This user has no opinion about
split infinitives
.
by
The
passive voice
may be used by this user.
…in.
Ending a sentence with a
preposition
is something that this user is okay with.
man-
kind
Regarding
gender
, this user prefers the
vernacular
, not what is
politically correct
.
to
too
two
This user thinks that
too
many people have no idea how
to
use words that they should have learned in grade
two
.
English
This user knows that
'to'
is pronounced /tʊ/, not /a/.
whom
This user
insists
upon using
whom
wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees.
you
one
This user knows that one should not use "
you
" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.
which
that
This user typically uses
"
which
" and "
that
"
interchangeably.
if & whether
This user knows how to use "
if
" and "
whether
" correctly.
less & fewer
This user understands the
difference between
less
&
fewer
.
much & many
This user understands the
difference
between
much
&
many
.
than
then
This user understands the difference between using "
than
" and "
then
."
their
there
they're
This user thinks that
there
are too many people who don’t know that
they're
worse than
their
own children at spelling!
your
you're
This user thinks that if
your
grammar is incorrect, then
you're
in need of help.
You and Me
This user thinks that if you believe it is incorrect to use "you and me" as the
object
of a sentence, a little talk needs to be had by you and me...
based
Based on
experience, this user knows that
based off
is
nearly
always incorrect.
Latin Plurals: "Data
is
are..."
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
Majority ≠ right
This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still
a mistake
.
This user thinks good
grammar
is
sexy
.
Punctuation
“,;:’
This user is a
punctuation stickler
.
. The
This user does
not
put
two spaces
after a full stop.
,
This user fixes
comma-splices
;
they are annoying.
A, B and C
This user prefers not to use the
serial comma
.
its
&
it's
This user understands the difference between
its
and
it's
. So should you.
’s
Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with
s
need's an apostrophe
and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
???
?!?
!!!
This user terminates excessive use of
exclamation points and
question marks
on sight.
Grow up
!
“…”
This user favors
curly
quotation marks
over straight style.
“...”!
US vs. UK
This user uses
logical quotation marks
. Internal punctuation leads to
factual errors
. It's not a style issue!
"…"?
This user thinks "
British punctuation
is best for quotation marks". Do you?
Pickiness
ANAL 4
This user advocates good grammar usage.
English Style
en
This user supports the
English
English
language.
UK
This user uses
British English
.
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Non-ISO Languages
en-GB
-N
This user is a
native speaker
of
British English
.
ubx
-5
This user uses
entirely too many userboxes
.
ubx
This user uses
userboxes
.
...
This user would like to know
all existing languages
.
sar
-2
This user is an
intermediate
speaker of sarcasm.
@#$!-0
This user doesn't use
profanity, swearing, cussing, cursing, or expletives
.
den
-0
Dieser User findet
Denglisch
uncool
.
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Wiki Projects
This user is a participant in
The Infobox Watch
.
This user is a
participant
in
WikiProject Userboxes
.
This user is a
participant
in
WikiProject History
.
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Animals
PET DOG
This user is happy to have a
pet dog
.
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]
Other
This user has been on Wikipedia for
17 years and 20 days
.
SPD
This user supports the
Social Democratic Party
.
This user is proud to be a citizen of the
European Union