caught ≠ cot | caught should be pronounced as /kɔːt/ |
merry
≠marry ≠ Mary | [mɛɹi mæɹi ən mɛːɹi dəʊ̯nt ɹaɪ̯m] |
In foreign words u≠[ʌ] | Foreign u is either as in food or as in put. Never as in shut. |
they | This user considers singular they standard English usage. |
Thou/Ye | This user wants to resurrect the T–V distinction in English. |
try to | This user tries to discourage usage of "try and". |
by | The passive voice may be used by this user. |
to¦go | This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives. |
…in. | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
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... |
1 | This user thinks that the superlative "most unique" is "most improper"! |
⅒ | This user refuses to use the verb "decimate" as a synonym for "obliterate"! |
Latin Plurals: "Data |
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum". |
. The | This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
. The | This user believes sentence spacing is a style choice, not a law. |
"…"? | This user thinks "British punctuation is best for quotation marks". Do you? |
This user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness". |
Z | This user calls it zed. |
Mix | This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently. |
IntE | This non-native speaker has been exposed to so many forms of English that he now speaks International English. |
This user employs NoScript to control which websites may run JavaScript. |
This user prefers Mozilla Firefox. |