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[edit] Richard Paez
My interests are both broad and specific: any list would be random, transitory, and most likely misleading. I am interested in anything having to do with power structures (i.e., rhetoric) , composition (broadly defined), and discourse - which means that I am more or less interested in everything.
[edit] In a Nutshell
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This User sometimes gets angry |
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ANAL 5 |
This user is incredibly stringent with professional grammar. |
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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. |
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[edit] Editing Philosophy
"…"!
US vs. UK |
This user uses "logical quotation marks". Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue! |
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. The |
This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
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to / too
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This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. |
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your/ you’re |
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you’re in need of help. |
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its & it’s |
This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you. |
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whom |
This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. |
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…in. |
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
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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! |
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you one |
This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works. |
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Wheaties, Cheerios, and Rice Chex |
This user prefers the cereal comma. |
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they |
This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. |
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My position on they is not a paradox
Sometimes, overkill is fun.
[edit] Education & Employment
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This user's favourite subject is English.
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As an English teacher, this user reads Wikipedia with a red pen in hand. |
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[edit] Political Affiliations
[edit] Specific Issues
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This user advocates use of the death penalty for certain criminal offenses. |
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This user supports the legalization of all drugs for adults. |
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[edit] Silly, True, or Both
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This user strongly believes pigs die for a cause. |
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This user is a professional zombie hunter. |
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Shovel: noun, not a "manual geomorphological modification implement"
My Sandbox