User:Teltnuag

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I'm just a guy who hates prescriptive grammarians. You don't own the language. There are no official rules. Grammar is subjective and changing. Writing isn't right or wrong; it's only effective or ineffective.

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en This user is a native speaker of English.
they… This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
snk This user says either sneaked or snuck.
to¦go This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
by The passive voice may be used by this user.
…in. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.
which & that This user knows how to use which and that correctly.
less & fewer This user understands the difference between less & fewer.
than / then This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."
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!
Subj This user likes that the Subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
SC This user feels sorry for some-uh, U.S. American states, uh, the South Carolina such as.
.  The This user puts two spaces after a full stop.
A, B, and
A and B		 This user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing.
its/it’s It’s really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
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!!!		 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.
"…"!
US vs. UK		 This user uses "logical quotation marks". Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue!
Mix This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently.
AIM-Able This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, and sometimes uses it, but not excessively.
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