User:Scrav

I have no idea what I'm doing.

Userboxes

Writing Systems

ree-SPEL
ipa-0This user begrudgingly deciphers the International Phonetic Alphabet, but only in order to create respelling pronunciations for normal people!

Speliŋ RəfɔrmThis user thinks spelling should be phonetic, and uses or has created a writing system for this purpose.

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

Hebr-0
This user has no understanding of the Cursive form of the Hebrew alphabet.

ipa-1
əThis user has a basic understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Hrkt-0
あThis user has no understanding of the Katakana or Hiragana.

Latf-0
This user has no understanding of the Kurrent form of Fraktur.

這個用戶認為漢字簡化並無增添或破壞漢字之美。
这个用户认为汉字简化并无增添或破坏汉字之美。
This user thinks that simplification neither ruined nor increased the beauty of Chinese characters.

This user is fascinated by Oracle bone script.

Grammar

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user knows that because English is a living language, grammar and syntax are not fixed.

a lot alotThis user recognizes that linguistic change is a natural and desirable aspect of human language.

Majority ≠ right

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

theirThis user frequently uses the singular they as a gender-neutral pronoun but it comes out more as their.

person,
humanityThis editor writes carefully to avoid gender neutrality issues completely.

mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language.

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

(s)he

This user supports parallel usage.

human-
kindRegarding gender, neutrality is vernacular. Patriarchy is archaic.

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ubiquitous ≠ widespreadThis user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise.

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

byThe passive voice may be used by this user.

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

snukThis user says snuck.

"There's" with a plural subjectThis 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.

to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

…in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

to
too
twoThis user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.

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.

its
it'sIt's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.

whoThis user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things?

You & MeThis user thinks that if you believe it is always incorrect to use "you and me" as the object of a sentence, a little talk needs to be had by you and me...

which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.

much & manyThis user understands the difference between much & many.

English Singulars: "The data is..."

This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.

ain't nobodyThis user hates seeing double negatives clutter up the English language. He/she wants to stomp it out no matter what it takes.

based

Based on experience, this user knows that based off is nearly always incorrect.

-ly	This user mourns the apparent death of the adverb, a loss that this user feels most serious.

DMCausing unintended humor, this user edits dangling modifiers.

golden toad

This user advocates lowercase common names in an encyclopedia.

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

,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.

,This user fixes commas that separate verb from subject or that separate two verbs or verbal phrases in a compound predicate.

A, B, and
A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.

’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.

’sThis user realises that plural nouns should not have an apostrophe while possessive words should!

’sThis user understands that apostrophe's apostrophes are for possession and contraction, not pluralization.

“…”This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style.

"...,"For quotation marks, this user would rather use "American punctuation."

???
?!?
!!!This user terminates excessive use of exclamation points and question marks on sight. Grow up!

This user terminates unquoted ellipses on sight. This is not your blog. We end sentences properly.

;This user knows how to use a semicolon correctly.

.This user's favorite punctuation is the period.

ANAL 4 AThis user advocates the use of proper grammatic structure.

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

tyop typo

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team.

“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.

This user honours Samuel Johnson
for his enduring contributions to the English language.

enThis user uses British English on talk pages, but the appropriate variety of English in articles.

This user uses Commonwealth spelling.

UKThis user uses British English.

AmE-0This user does not understand the American "English" "language" artificially created by Noah Webster in 1828 for no other reason than just to be "different" and bloody well doesn't want to.

big wordsThis user opposes the use of esoteric, abstruse and recondite ^big words in Wikipedia articles when simple ones will do.

This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages.

you oneThis user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.

Oh shit!This user thinks profanity does not exist. They believe that such words are the same as any other words and should be treated as such.

en-pi-2T'is scurvy dog parlays 'n' scribes
Pirate English like a Swabbie.
Swab th' deck!

AIM-2This uzer has an intermediate understanding of the AIM lingos. 0_0