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Grammar
Latin Plurals: "Data is are..."
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
Wheaties, Cheerios, and Rice Chex
This user prefers the
cereal comma .
This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages.
they he or she This user considers the
singular they to be substandard English usage.
snk This user says he/she/it sneaked and they snuck .
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.
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.
Majority ≠ right
This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still
a mistake .
its & it's This user understands the difference between
its and
it's . So should you.
its it's
It's really not that hard to use each word in
its proper manner.
its This user understands the
difference between its (of it ) and it's (it is or it has ).
’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.
"..!" This user believes that punctuation should always come on the inside of
quotation marks .
; This user knows how to use a
semicolon correctly.
you oneThis user knows that one should not use "
you " in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.
Pickyness PickinessThis user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".
USage decline This user uses
American English , but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration.
This user is not British, but can speak with a British accent.
AIM -0 This user does not understand or have any interest in
AOLer .
Boy Scouts
This user climbed
Mount Baldy and lived to tell about it.
Philosophy and politics
This user believes in
materialism , the belief that everything that exists is made of
matter .
Benford's Law This user believes that passion is often inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.
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5th This user pleads the 5th Amendment
This is where I stand. TODAY
PC
This user believes
political correctness was created in good intentions, but is often overused, misused, or taken way out of context.
Books
This user enjoys
reading almost anything .
DNA
This user enjoys the interesting and weird works of
Douglas Adams .
This user enjoys heavy reading, such as
Shakespeare and other dead guys.
George Orwell taught this user everything they need to know about the government.
Hitchhiker's Guide
This user is a hoopy
frood who really knows where their
towel is.
This user knows
The Question to the Ultimate Answer, but isn't going to tell you.