Language
EN-K |
This user can talk like a Kennedy at will. |
{{t|1}} |
This user knows roughly how a template works. |
W3C |
This user believes in compliance with W3C standards. |
{{Wiki}} |
This user can write in the MediaWiki language |
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This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages. |
they |
This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. |
amn't |
This user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular. |
snuk |
This user says snuck. |
... in. |
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put. |
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. |
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. |
less & fewer |
This user understands the difference between less & fewer. |
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... |
Latin Plurals: "Data is are..." |
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum". |
English Singulars: "The data is..." |
This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns. |
Majority ≠ right |
This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. |
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This user believes that fuck is the most versatile word in the English language. |
. The |
This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
Wheaties, Cheerios, and Rice Chex |
This user prefers the cereal comma. |
its & it's |
This user thinks
ohh, if you want it to be possessive,
it's just i-t-s,
but if it's supposed to be a contraction,
then it's i-t-apostrophe-s...
Scalawag.
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’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 is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately.... |
"…" |
This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones. |
; |
This user is addicted to semicolons; he or she uses them frequently. |
Pickyness Pickiness Happyness Happiness Busyness Business |
This user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness". |
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This user supports the English English language. |
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This user is not British, but can speak with a British accent. |
AIM-Able |
This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not use it. Ever. Well, sarcastically sometimes. But that's it. Really. lulz. |
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