I'm just your typical high school linguistics club president/student attending a science and tech school. As you'll see in my abuse of userboxes, I'm redundant and hypocritical.
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dlph -5Sreeee ack oork ee'urrr sque'ek eer.
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 .
majority ≠ ad populum fallacy Although this user acknowledges the logical fallacy ad populum , they do not think that it applies to human language, and recognise that the majority determines grammatical "right" and "wrong".
Majority Usage = Correct Grammar This user recognizes that if most people make the same grammatical "mistake", it ceases to be a mistake and becomes proper grammar, for grammar has no immutable or moral "right" or "wrong" and "correct grammar" is determined by majority usage.
User:Jeffro77/userboxes/Singular they:LessEvil
fireman fighter mankind This user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word.
amn't This user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular.
couldn't've This user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word.
ubiquitous ≠ widespread This user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise.
Subj
This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
"There's" with a plural subject This 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 too two This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two .
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!
your you're This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
its & it's This user understands the difference between its and it's . So should you.
whom This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see.
much & many This user understands the difference between much & many .
Latin Plurals: "Data is are..."
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
ain't nobody This user hates seeing double negatives clutter up the English language. He/she wants to stomp it out no matter what it takes.
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This user mourns the apparent death of the adverb , a loss that this user feels most serious.
; This user is addicted to semicolons ; they use them frequently.
ANAL 5 This user is incredibly stringent with professional grammar.
This user thinks good grammar is sexy .
abc Ths usre haz verry goode spelng.
AIM -AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.
This user is interested in the human soul or spirit .
This user believes in logic .
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This user lives in a mathematical universe .
Okrent's Law This user believes that the pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true.
Benford's Law This user believes that passion is often inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. †
Segal's Law This user is aware that a man with two watches on, may not be sure what time it is.
Grossman Misquote This user is aware that complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.
LIB This user is a Libertarian (United States).