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It is now 07:10 on Saturday, 14 June 2008. Do you know where your children are?


LE-1 This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.
to / too
/ two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
which / that This user typically uses "which" and "that" interchangeably.


who This user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things?
, This user fixes comma splices. They are annoying.
. The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.


This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately....
…in. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.


to¦go This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
their / there / 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!
"…" This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.


they This user considers singular they standard English usage.
“,;:’ This user is a punctuation stickler.
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user will use the vernacular, not what is "politically correct".


its/it’s It’s really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
by This user has no opinion about the passive voice.
snkt This user says sneaked.