User:Probus/UBX/lists/grammar

[edit] Grammar

Grammar and Usage This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages. they…This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia. snkdThis user says sneaked. infinitiveThis user has no opinion about split infinitives. byThe passive voice may be used by this user. …in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. man- kindRegarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct. to too twoThis user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. EnglishThis user knows that 'to' is pronounced /tʊ/, not /a/. whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. you oneThis user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works. which thatThis user typically uses "which" and "that" interchangeably. if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer. much & manyThis user understands the difference between much & many. than thenThis user understands the difference between using "than" and "then." their there they'reThis user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling! your you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. You and MeThis 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... based Based on experience, this user knows that based off is nearly always incorrect. Latin Plurals: "Data is are..." This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum". Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. This user thinks good grammar is sexy. Punctuation “,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler. . TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop. ,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. A, B and CThis user prefers not to use the serial comma. its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you. ’sThi'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 terminates excessive use of exclamation points and question marks on sight. Grow up! “…”This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style. “...”! US vs. UKThis user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue! "…"?This user thinks "British punctuation is best for quotation marks". Do you? Pickiness ANAL 4This user advocates good grammar usage. English Style enThis user supports the English English language. UKThis user uses British English.