User:Ossipewsk
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Name | Ossipewsk |
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Born | 1960 |
Current location | Canberra, Australia |
Any thoughts or comments glady considered, either on this page or by e-mail. I'll look at anything constructive and be appropriately grateful, but anything unhelpful or deliberately unpleasant will just go in the bit-bucket.
At the moment, these boxes are all over the place. One day I'll fix them.
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they | This user considers singular they standard English usage. |
snk | This user says either sneaked or snuck. |
infinitive | This user has no opinion about split infinitives. |
which & that | This user knows how to use which and that correctly. |
“,;:’ | This user is a punctuation stickler. |
A, B, and A and B | This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing. |
This user uses Commonwealth spelling. |
n00b | This user is a n00b. |
This user is a smartass; known for frequently making bad jokes, smartalec comments and having bad pickup lines and is proud of it! |
This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone. |
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...on a good day............................................otherwise.
I am an Australian, living in Canberra. New recruit to the Wikipedia accounts, but have been using Wikipedia as a primary resource for at least four years.
Contributions
[edit]So far, I've just been doing minor edits, such as editing for sense, other clarifications, wikification (including fixing incorrect or broken links) and so forth.
- Style
- Haven't defined "my own" style yet (probably shouldn't). I try to stick with the Wikipedia guidelines and also to work with the style of the original article/author.
Previous contributions Made under the IP address 152.91.9.115.
Interests - Wikipedia
[edit]Trade Practices Law
- Both the Anticompetitive Practice aspects...:
- Also known, in other jurisdictions as Antitrust Law and Restrictive Trade Practices,
- ...and the Consumer Protection aspects:
- Also known as consumer rights, unfair business practices, etc.
Paleontology, paleoanthropology, and many aspects of prehistoric human life.
Interests - general
[edit]Hockey Both the grass/astroturf game and indoor hockey. I'm a goalie (although much uglier and scarier than this one) and an umpire. Yeah, I'm a glutton for punishment.
Law & Order and all its attendant spinoffs.
Any thoughts or comments glady considered, either on this page or by e-mail. I'll look at anything constructive and be appropriately grateful, but anything unhelpful or deliberately unpleasant will just go in the bit-bucket.