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User Summary

Wikipedia:Babel

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

en-5

This user can contribute with a professional level of English.

es-2

Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.

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-

This user likes to translate and proofread articles from Spanish to English.

ipa-1
ə

This user has a basic understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Hrkt-0
あ

This user has no understanding of the Katakana or Hiragana.

Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

they…

This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.

(s)he

This user supports parallel usage.

ubiquitous ≠ widespread

This user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise.

by

This user does not use the passive voice.

"There's" with a plural subject

This user knows that "there's" with a plural subject is a pervasive grammatical error. ~~There's~~ ^{There are} too many people making this mistake. Don't be one of them.

to¦go

This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

... 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.

if & whether

This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.

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.

its

This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).

whom

This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees.

less & fewer

This user understands the difference between less & fewer.

much & many

This user understands the difference between much & many.

English Singulars: "The data is..."

This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.

~~ain't nobody~~

This user hates seeing double negatives clutter up the English language. He wants to stomp it out no matter what it takes.

based

Based on experience, this user knows that based off is nearly always incorrect.

-ly

This user mourns the apparent death of the adverb, a loss that this user feels most serious.

. The

This user puts two spaces after a period.

. The

This user believes sentence spacing is a style choice, not a law.

,

This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.

A, B, and C

This user prefers the serial comma.

’s

This user understands that ~~apostrophe's~~ apostrophes are for possession and contraction, not pluralization.

“…”

This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style.

"...,"

For quotation marks, this user would rather use "American punctuation."

A sentence contains "A quoted sentence.".

This user thinks, "Punctuation should come at the end of every sentence.".

…

This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately...

;

This user knows how to use a semicolon correctly.

-

This user is a hyphenation expert.

—

This user knows the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and follows MOS:DASH.

ANAL 4 A

This user advocates the use of proper grammatic structure.

~~Pickyness~~ Pickiness

This user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".

~~Pickyness~~ Pickiness

This user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".

MistEYk

This user does not always see his grammar mistakes. It would be nice of you to correct them.

U.S.
spelling

This user prefers to use
American English spelling.

This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages.

English

This user knows that 'to' is pronounced /tʊ/, not /a/.

~~you~~ one

This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.

AIM-1

This uzer has an amateur understanding of the AIM talk. Brb

1337-0

This user has no idea what 1337 is or prefers to contribute using proper words.

pig-1

Isthay userway isway ableway otay ontributecay ithway away asicbay evellay ofway Igpay Atinlay.

Ubbi-1

Thubis ubusuber cuban spubeak uba bubasubic lubevubel ubof Ububbubi Dububbubi.

IntS-0

This user has no interest in Internet slang, or talks like an offline person.

-1

This user has a basic understanding of Medical Latin.

BS-0

This person does not understand Bullshit (or understands it with considerable difficulties or does not wish to communicate in Bullshit).

LE-1

This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

dm-0

This user doesn't understand, or wish to understand death metal roars, screams, grunts, snarls, or growls.

ubx-5

This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

sar-1

This user does not wish to speak or hear sarcasm, but is resigned to the necessity of at least understanding it in an environment of massive collaboration.

@#$!-0

This user doesn't use profanity, swearing, cussing, cursing, or expletives.

Ascript-1

This user is a beginner AppleScript programmer.

C++-1

This user is a beginning C++ programmer.

HTML-1

This user is a beginning HTML user.