About Me
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Hello and welcome to my User Site! I'm Probus, named after the Roman Emperor Probus, who reigned from 276 to 282 AD. My particular interests are the following:
- Ancient History (particularly Roman)
- Politics (particularly German)
- Geography (Cities, Countries, etc.)
This page is currently still under construction, so I'm afraid you won't find much here at the moment.
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Grammar
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Grammar and Usage
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…in. | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
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. |
English | This user knows that 'to' is pronounced /tʊ/, not /a/. |
whom | This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. |
you one | This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works. |
if & whether | This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. |
much & many | This user understands the difference between much & many. |
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. |
You and Me | This user thinks that if you believe it is incorrect to use "you and me" as the object of a sentence, a little talk needs to be had by you and me... |
based
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Based on experience, this user knows that based off is nearly always incorrect.
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Latin Plurals: "Data is are..."
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This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
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Majority ≠ right
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This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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| This user thinks good grammar is sexy. |
Punctuation
. The | This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. |
its & it's | This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you. |
’s | Thi'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. |
“...”!
US vs. UK | This user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue! |
Pickiness
ANAL 4 | This user advocates good grammar usage. |
English Style
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Non-ISO Languages
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ubx-5 | This user uses entirely too many userboxes. |
sar-2 | This user is an intermediate speaker of sarcasm. |
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Animals
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PET DOG | This user is happy to have a pet dog. | |
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Other
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| This user has been on Wikipedia for 16 years, 10 months and 25 days. |
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