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Babel
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
deDieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.
la-3Hic usor callidissima latinitate contribuere potest.
grc-2Ὅδε ὁ χρήστης δύναται συμβάλλεσθαι μετρίᾳ γνώσει τῆς ἀρχαίας ἑλληνικῆς.
sa-1एष उपयोजकः सरलेन संस्कृतेन लेखितुं शक्नोति।
eo-1Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per baza nivelo de Esperanto.
Writing Systems
ipa-4
ə
This user has a near-complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Grammar
Grammar and Usage
This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages.
theyThis user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
snkdThis user says sneaked.
infinitiveThis user has no opinion about split infinitives.
byThe 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.
EnglishThis user knows that 'to' is pronounced /tʊ/, not /a/.
whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees.
you oneThis 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 & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.
less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.
much & manyThis 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 MeThis 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.
. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.
A, B and CThis user prefers not to use the serial comma.
its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.
’sThi'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 4This user advocates good grammar usage.

English Style

enThis user supports the
English English language.
UKThis user uses British English.
Non-ISO Languages
ubx-5This user uses entirely too many userboxes.
ubxThis user uses userboxes.
...This user would like to know all existing languages.
sar-2This user is an intermediate speaker of sarcasm.
den-0 Dieser User findet Denglisch uncool.
Wiki Projects
This user is a participant in
The Infobox Watch.
This user is a participant in WikiProject History.
Animals
PET DOGThis user is happy to have a pet dog.
Other
This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 6 months and 1 day.
SPDThis user supports the Social Democratic Party.
This user is proud to be a citizen of the European Union