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Grammar |
Majority ≠ right |
This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. |
they he or she | This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. |
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couldn't've | This user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word. |
ubiquitous ≠ widespread | This user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise. |
"There's" with a plural subject | This user knows that "there's" with a plural subject is a pervasive grammatical error. There's There are too many people making this mistake. Don't be one of them. |
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. |
if & whether | This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. |
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. |
its it's | It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner. |
whom | This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see. |
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... |
much & many | This user understands the difference between much & many. |
Latin Plurals: "Data is are..." |
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum". |
ain't nobody | This user hates seeing double negatives clutter up the English language. He wants to stomp it out no matter what it takes. |
based |
Based on experience, this user knows that based off is nearly always incorrect. |
. The | This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
, | This user fixes commas that separate verb from subject or that separate two verbs or verbal phrases in a compound predicate. |
Wheaties, Cheerios, and Rice Chex |
This user prefers the cereal comma. |
’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. |
“...”!
US vs. UK | This user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue! |
; | This user knows how to use a semicolon correctly. |
: | This user has a favorite punctuation you might not have: colons. |
GN | This user is a Grammar Ninja and says "WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" as proof. |
Pickyness Pickiness | This user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness". |
big words | This user opposes the use of esoteric, abstruse and recondite big words in Wikipedia articles when simple ones will do. |
| This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages. |
English | This user knows that 'to' is pronounced /tʊ/, not /a/. |
you one | This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works. |
Oh shit! | This user thinks profanity does not exist. He believes that such words are the same as any other words and should be treated as such. |
AIM-Able | This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever. |
H4X0R | This user has moderate understanding of Leet (H4X0R), but does not use it. |
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