User:Probus


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About Me

Hello and welcome to my User Site! I'm Probus, named after the Roman Emperor Probus, who reigned from 276 to 282 AD. My particular interests are the following:

Ancient History (particularly Roman)
Politics (particularly German)
Geography (Cities, Countries, etc.)

This page is currently still under construction, so I'm afraid you won't find much here at the moment.

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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 singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so 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