User:Drake Maijstral/Sandbox

Grammar & Style

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. 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. to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use 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. whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see. 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. Latin Plurals: "Data is are..." This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum". “,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler. .  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period. ,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma. its it'sIt's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner. ’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! "…"! US vs. UKThis user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue! ANAL 5This user is incredibly stringent with professional grammar. Pickyness PickinessThis user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness". MixThis user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently. AIM-AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.

Personal

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. This user is an owner of one or more ferrets. This user is addicted to playing the Final Fantasy series. XIThis user plays Final Fantasy XI. An Adventurer is this User. SWG This user played Star Wars Galaxies until the NGE ruined it for them. This user plays World of Warcraft. This user is a Scorpio. This user believes that evolution doesn't have to conflict with Christianity. This user is a psychiatric survivor. ADDThis user has ADD. PWNThis user has Narc -- narcol...eps... (snore)

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