User:8en

Benjamin
8en
Reäl Name	Benjamin
Pronunciation	/ˈbend͡ʒæˌmɪn/, [ˈ₍b̥e̞nd͡ʒɐ̱̆ˌm̤ɪ̰̈n̰ˑ]
Born	2003
Nationality	British
Country	United Kingdom
Current location	Cambridgeshire
Personality type	ENTP
Occupation	Full-time student
Fields of interest	Linguistics, philosophy, œconomics, politics
Joined
	This user has been on Wikipedia for 7 years, 1 month and 21 days.

Userboxes

Trivia

This user supports opt-in ads on Wikipedia (via user preferences).

This user has a page on Wiktionary.

intel
inside

This user contributes with a computer based on the Intel Core i9 microprocessor.

This user prefers to write with a fountain pen.

This user is an art lover.

Violet

This user's favourite colour is violet.

This user is a naturalist, who believes that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe.

This user likes fighting games.

This user ❤ spicy foods

20

This user has visited 20 of the 205 countries in the world.

This user is of Dutch ancestry.

Language Skills

Scripts

ipa-4
ə

This user has a near-complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

ض

This user can read the Arabic script.

Հ

This user can read the Armenian script.

ϯ

This user can read the Coptic script.

ქარ

This user can read the Georgian script.

αβγ

This user can read the Greek script.

Latn-4
A

This user has a near-complete understanding of the Latin script.

Latf-4

This user has a near-complete understanding of the Kurrent form of Fraktur.

ᮞᮥ

This user can read the Sundanese script.

Proficiency

...

This user would like to know oodles more languages.

de-2

Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

fr-2

Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

nl-2

Deze gebruiker heeft een middelmatige kennis van het Nederlands.

ru-1

Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне.

gsw-1

Dä Benutzer redet es bizzeli Schwizerdütsch.

hu-1

Ez a szerkesztő alapszinten beszéli a magyar nyelvet.

cmn-1

該用戶能以基本的官話進行交流。
该用戶能以基本的官话进行交流。

ar-1

هذا المستخدم يتحدث اللغة العربية بمستوى مبتدئ.

ko-1

이 사용자는 간단한 한국어를 말할 수 있습니다.

sgn-1

This user can communicate at a basic level in British Sign Language.

os-1

Ацы архайæг иронау гыццыл зоны.

egy-1

tr-0

Bu kullanıcı hiç Türkçe anlamıyor.

hy-0

Այս անձը չի տիրապետում հայերենը։

English

en-GB
-N

This user is a native speaker of British English.

en-5

This user can contribute with a professional level of English.

tyop

typo

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team.

,

This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.

"…"!
~~US vs. UK~~

This user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue!

—

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

-

This user is a hyphenation expert.

~~you~~ one

This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopædic articles.

Subj

This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.

if & whether

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

which & that

This user knows how to use which and that correctly.

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.

-ize

This user spells the suffix -ize with a z, as is etymologically appropriate!

A, B, and
A and B

This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.

ubiquitous ≠ widespread

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

fire~~man~~fighter
mankind

This user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word.

. The

This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

~~try and~~
try to

This user tries to discourage usage of "try and".

"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.

...in. (some-times)

Ending a sentence with a preposition would be something with which this user does not like dealing unless it be used either in a passive voice, in an infinitive, or as a prepositional adverb.

~~Pickyness~~ Pickiness

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

they

This user frequently uses the singular they for want of a better gender-neutral pronoun.

Majority ≠ right

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

amn't

This user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular.

couldn't've

This user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word.

’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.

snuk

This user says snuck.

zoöglœæ

This user is an evil præscriptivist who's goïng to make Latin your plurals.

ə

This user is a Grammar Nazi.

hopeably

This user encourages the hopeable popularization of the word hopeably, or even hopeäbly, and hopefully hopes that you hopeably do so too.

⅒

This user thinks that the phrase
"completely decimated"
is "completely improper"!

This user advocates the
logical and consistent reform
of English orthography.

Thou/Ye

This user wants to resurrect the T–V distinction in English.

I’m Benjamin. I generally make minor edits and contributions as i^[1] visit Wikimedia sites for my own usage
I'm best equipped to contribute to articles about linguistics and languages but, in practice, principally just busy myself with improving writing and fixing textual and formatting errors.

^ Implementation of my orthographic præferences is confined to this page

[1] Implementation of my orthographic præferences is confined to this page

[1]

Fahrer / Team für die Suche eingeben:

Fahrer / Team für die Suche eingeben:

Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

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