Communication
editUK | This user uses British English. |
en-5 | This user can contribute with a professional level of English. |
en | This user is a native speaker of the English language. |
en-GB -5 | This user can contribute at a professional level of British English. |
du-0 | This person does not understand dumbass (or understands it with considerable difficulties, or does not want to speak dumbass). |
gb-0 | This user cannot tolerate any form of Gibberish language, and is therefore easily emotionally traumatized by The Sims. |
dlph-0 | This user cannot speak, has considerable difficulty speaking, or does not wish to speak dolphin. |
Grammar, lexis, semantics and discourse
edithe or she | This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. |
snkd | This user says sneaked. |
itive | This user chooses never to 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. |
This user supports the use of gender-neutral language. |
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. |
whom | This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see. |
which & that | This user knows how to use which and that correctly. |
if & whether | This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. |
less & fewer | This user understands the difference between less & fewer. |
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. |
“,;:’ | This user is a punctuation stickler. |
, | This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. |
. The | This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
A, B and C | This user prefers not to use the serial comma. |
its | This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has). |
"…" | This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones. |
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... |
LE-0 | This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalisation. |
WikiProject Horror
editThis user is a participant in WikiProject Horror. |
WikiProject Novels
editThis user is a participant in WikiProject Novels. |
WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories) Announcements and open tasks |
→ Please help with tagging articles!
- Critique (Featured article): 33 achieved
- Novels WikiProject Peer reviews: • Sector General • Petals of Blood • Flowers for Algernon
- Improve: Oberon Old and New • The Age of Reason • Furies of Calderon • Wolf Brother • The Monk • The English Patient • Bones of the Moon
- Create: To the Vanishing Point • Spoilt City
- Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other.
- Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.