IlliterateSage

IlliterateSage
Born	Connecticut, United States
Education	College Wikipedia:Babel enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. es-3Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español. de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse. Search user languages

Grammar Usage

I pride myself in good grammar, as should anyone with any sort of written proficiency in a language. If I edit the grammar in a page that you've edited, don't take it as a personal attack.

Grammar-related userboxes are here. ANAL 4This user advocates good grammar usage. ’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. to too twoThis user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it. than thenThis user understands the difference between using "than" and "then." whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. infin¦ itiveThis user chooses never to split infinitives. which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly. your you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. they…This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia. 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! since This user dislikes the use of since to mean because. Pickyness PickinessThis user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".

Writing Style

My writing style is not that unique; the only difference between my writing style and that of most people is my liberal use of semicolons.

Style-related userboxes are here. .  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period. "...,"For quotation marks, this user would rather use "American punctuation." “,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler. ??? ?!? !!!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. A, B, and A and BThis user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing. ;This user is addicted to semicolons; he uses them frequently.