ANAL 4 | This user advocates good grammar usage. |
This user knows that because English is a living language, grammar and syntax are not fixed. |
’s | This user understands that apostrophe's apostrophes are for possession and contraction, not pluralization. |
. The | This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
…in. | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
( | This user makes extensive use of brackets because they (the brackets) add clarity. | ) |
who(m) | This user uses either who or whom in the object case. |
couldn't've | This user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word. |
Ain't
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This user believes that ain't is a proper word to use in place of a contraction of a verb and a pronoun. Ain't that right?
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y'all | This user thinks y'all serves a useful purpose as a second-person plural pronoun, and would like to see y'all use it more often. |
try and try to | This user tries to discourage usage of "try and". |
if & whether | This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. |
its & it's | This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you. |
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! |
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. |
your you're | This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. |
English Singulars: "The data is..."
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This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.
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firemanfighter mankind | This user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word. |
much & many | This user understands the difference between much & many. |
’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. |
subj
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This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, they would use it.
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snk | This user says either sneaked or snuck. |
big words | This user opposes the use of esoteric, abstruse and recondite big words in Wikipedia articles when simple ones will do. |
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