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| {{User:UBX/Formal Articles}}
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 | This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages. |
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| {{User:UBX/singular they:Iffy}}
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| {{Template:User singular they:Yes}}
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| {{Template:User singular they:Gender}}
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| {{Template:User singular they:No}}
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they
he or she | This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. |
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| {{Template:User singular they}}
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| {{Template:User Amn't:Yes}}
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| amn't | This user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular. |
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| {{User:Danielaustinhall12/Userboxes/Ain't}}
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Ain't
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This user believes that ain't is a proper word to use in place of a contraction of a verb and a pronoun. Ain't that right?
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| {{User:Dtrebbien/Userboxes/since}}
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| {{Template:User past sneak}}
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| snk | This user says either sneaked or snuck. |
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| {{Template:User past sneak:depends}}
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| snk | This user says he/she/it sneaked and they snuck. |
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| {{Template:User past sneak:Sneaked}}
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| {{Template:User past sneak:Snuck}}
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| snuk | This user says snuck. |
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| {{Template:User split infinitive}}
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| {{Template:User split infinitive:Yes}}
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| {{Template:User split infinitive:No}}
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| {{Template:User passive voice}}
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| {{Template:User passive voice:Yes}}
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| {{Template:User passive voice:No}}
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| {{Template:User prepositions}}
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| with, at, in, for, to... | This user has no opinion about ending a sentence with a preposition. |
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| {{Template:User prepositions:yes}}
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| …in. | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
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| {{Template:User prepositions:no}}
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| {{User:UBX/avoid gender}}
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| {{Template:User genderneutral}}
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| {{User:Cedlaod/Userboxes/User parallelusage}}
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| {{Template:User -genderneutral}}
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| {{Template:User totootwo}}
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to
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two | This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. |
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| {{Template:To-tu-a}}
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Template:To-tu-a
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| {{Template:User Whom}}
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| who(m) | This user uses either who or whom in the object case. |
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| {{Template:User Whom:Yes}}
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| whom | This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see. |
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| {{Template:User Whom:No}}
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| who | This user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things? |
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| {{Template:User you:No}}
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you one | This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works. |
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| {{Template:User English T-V:Yes}}
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| {{Template:User bigwords:No}}
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big words | This user opposes the use of esoteric, abstruse and recondite big words in Wikipedia articles when simple ones will do. |
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| {{Template:User whichthat}}
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| {{Template:User whichthat-0}}
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| {{User:Atemperman/Userboxes/whichthat-1}}
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| which & that
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This user joins with Dickens, Melville, and other great writers[1] in rejecting the canard that which may not be used for restrictive relative clauses.
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| {{Template:User ifwhether}}
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| if & whether | This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. |
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| {{Template:User fewer}}
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| {{Template:User than then}}
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than
then | This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then." |
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| {{Template:User theretheir}}
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their
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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! |
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| {{Template:User theire}}
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| theire? | This user will use the words there and their interchangeably. |
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| {{Template:User youryou're}}
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your
you're | This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. |
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| {{Template:User you and me}}
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| 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... |
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| {{User:Lofty/Userboxes/Grammar/Subjunctive}}
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| Subj
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This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
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| {{User:Stevenfruitsmaak/Userboxes/English far from perfect}}
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| their, to, your, its, ...
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This users english is far from being perfect!.
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| {{User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/Latin Plurals}}
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Latin Plurals: "Data is are..."
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This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
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| {{User:Atemperman/Userboxes/English Singulars}}
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| English Singulars: "The data is..."
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This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.
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| {{User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/Majority error}}
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| Majority ≠ right
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This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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| {{User:Alpha Omicron/Miss SC}}
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User:Alpha Omicron/Miss SC
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| {{User:WebHamster/fuck}}
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This user believes that fuck is the most versatile word in the English language.
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| {{User:Youre dreaming eh?/Userboxes/CanadianSlang}}
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| {{User:Youre dreaming eh?/Userboxes/Spelling}}
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| abc | Ths usre haz verry goode spelng. |
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| {{User:Steveprutz/caps}}
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| {{User:Rambo's Revenge/Userboxes/Grammar}}
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 | This user thinks good grammar is sexy. |
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