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{{main|Wikipedia:Userboxes/Language/English}}

{{see also|Wikipedia:Userboxes/Interests}}

{{shortcut|WP:UBX/GRAMMAR}}

This gallery includes '''[[Wikipedia:Userboxes|userbox]] [[Help:Template|templates]] about [[English language]] [[grammar]]'''.

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==Interest==

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User English grammar}}

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== General prescriptive ==

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User:Dude1818/Userboxes/grammar}}

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==Specific disputes==

===PronounsCapitalization===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User English T-V:YesSteveprutz/caps}}

{{yybottom}}

{{yy|User:CanonLawJunkie/Userboxes/Majestic Plural}}

{{yyend}}

====Singular 'they'=Case===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User singular they:GenderWhom}}

{{yy|User Whom:No}}

{{yy|Template:User singular they:Gender (want of a better word)}}

{{yy|Template:User singular theyWhom:NoYes}}

{{yy|Template:User singularyou they:Theirand me}}

{{yy|Template:User:The singularMakhnovshchina/Userboxen/You they:Yes& Me}}

{{yybottom}}

{{yy|Template:User singular they}}

{{yy|Template:User Some people are they}}

{{yy|User:UBX/singular they:Iffy}}

{{yy|User:Gamingforfun365/Userboxes/Singular they replacement}}

{{yy|User:Jeffro77/userboxes/Singular they:LessEvil}}

{{yy|User:Middle_8/Userbox/singular-they}}

{{yy|User:Middle_8/Userbox/singular-they3}}

{{yyend}}

====Gender neutrality====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User genderneutral}}

{{yy|User:UBX/avoid gender}}

{{yy|User:Cedlaod/Userboxes/User parallelusage}}

{{yy|User:Nosleep/User genderneutralflex}}

{{yy|User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Spivak 2}}

{{yy|User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Spivak}}

{{yy|User:Stagyar Zil Doggo/Userboxes/gender neutrality}}

{{yy|User:The Homosexualist/U/On preserving archaicisms}}

{{yy|User:Wilhelm meis/Userboxes/Man}}

{{yyend}}

===Contractions===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User Amn't:Yes}}

{{yy|Template:User contractions}}

{{yy|User:ANormalUsername1/couldntve/}}

{{yy|User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/y'all vs. ain't}}

{{yy|User:Danielaustinhall12/Userboxes/Ain't}}

{{yy|User:Wikiwow/yall-yes}}

{{yyendyybottom}}

===Word choice===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User sax-en}}

{{yy|User:Anon126/Userboxes/Try and}}

{{yy|User:dtrebbien/Userboxes/since}}

{{yy|User:Kmcnamee/Userboxes/After_having}}

{{yy|User:Lighthead/Big words}}

{{yy|User:Saerain/Userboxes/Accurate_words}}

{{yyend}}

===Verb tense/mood/voice===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User passive voice}}

{{yy|Template:User passive voice:No}}

{{yy|Template:User passive voice:Yes}}

{{yy|User:Johanna-Hypatia/Userboxes/Subjunctive}}

{{yy|User:Lofty/Userboxes/Grammar/Subjunctive}}

{{yy|User:Saerain/Userboxes/Subjunctive}}

{{yyend}}

====Sneaked/snuck====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User past sneak}}

{{yy|Template:User past sneak:depends}}

{{yy|Template:User past sneak:Sneaked}}

{{yy|Template:User past sneak:Snuck}}

{{yy|Template:User past sneak:uncomfortable}}

{{yyend}}

===Subject-verb agreement===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User:Mojoworker/Userboxes/There's}}

{{yyend}}

===Split infinitives===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User split infinitive}}

{{yy|Template:User split infinitive:No}}

{{yy|Template:User split infinitive:Yes}}

{{yy|User:Zenswashbuckler/Uboxes/Splitinfin}}

{{yyend}}

===Prepositions===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User prepositions}}

{{yy|Template:User prepositions:no}}

{{yy|Template:User prepositions:yes}}

{{yy|User:Gamingforfun365/Userboxes/Prepositional Adverbs}}

{{yyend}}

===Frequently confused words===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User ifwhether}}

{{yy|Template:User ITS}}

{{yy|Template:User its2}}

{{yy|Template:User itsalt}}

{{yy|Template:User than then}}

{{yy|Template:User theire}}

{{yy|Template:User theretheir}}

{{yy|Template:User totootwo}}

{{yy|Template:User youryou're}}

{{yy|User:Stalefries/templatesitsits}}

{{yyend}}

===Case===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User Whom}}

{{yy|Template:User Whom:No}}

{{yy|Template:User Whom:Yes}}

{{yy|Template:User you and me}}

{{yy|User:The Makhnovshchina/Userboxen/You & Me}}

{{yyend}}

===Relative clauses===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User whichthat}}

{{yy|Template:User whichthat-0}}

{{yy|User:Atemperman/Userboxes/whichthat-1}}

{{yyend}}

===Number===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User fewer}}

{{yy|Template:User much-many yes}}

{{yy|Template:User not less}}

{{yy|Template:User not much}}

{{yy|Template:User not decimated}}

{{yy|Template:User not completely decimated}}

{{yy|Template:User not decimated}}

{{yy|Template:User not less}}

{{yy|Template:User not most unique}}

{{yy|Template:User not unique}}

{{yy|Template:User unique}}

{{yy|Template:User not unique}}

{{yy|Template:User not most unique}}

{{yy|User:Atemperman/Userboxes/English Singulars}}

{{yy|User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/Latin Plurals}}

{{yyendyybottom}}

=== Miscellaneous Prepositions===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User hopeablyprepositions}}

{{yy|User:Mzk1/Userboxes/Lost adverbprepositions:no}}

{{yy|User prepositions:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Basedyes}}

{{yy|User:Typingwestern015Gamingforfun365/Userboxes/NoPrepositional On Double NegativesAdverbs}}

{{yy|User:Ute in DCJapanYoshi/Dangling modifiersUserbox/Prepositions}}

{{yyendyybottom}}

===CapitalizationPronouns===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User English T-V:Yes}}

{{yy|User:CanonLawJunkie/Userboxes/Majestic Plural}}

{{yybottom}}

====Gender neutrality====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User genderneutral}}

{{yy|User -genderneutral}}

{{yy|User:UBX/avoid gender}}

{{yy|User:Cedlaod/Userboxes/User parallelusage}}

{{yy|User:Nosleep/User genderneutralflex}}

{{yy|User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Spivak 2}}

{{yy|User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Spivak}}

{{yy|User:Stagyar Zil Doggo/Userboxes/gender neutrality}}

{{yy|User:The Homosexualist/U/On preserving archaicisms}}

{{yy|User:Wilhelm meis/Userboxes/Man}}

{{yybottom}}

====Singular 'they'====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User singular they:Gender}}

{{yy|User singular they:Gender (want of a better word)}}

{{yy|User singular they:No}}

{{yy|User singular they:Their}}

{{yy|User singular they:Yes}}

{{yy|User singular they}}

{{yy|User Some people are they}}

{{yy|User:UBX/singular they:Iffy}}

{{yy|User:Gamingforfun365/Userboxes/Singular they replacement}}

{{yy|User:Middle 8/Userbox/singular-they}}

{{yy|User:Middle 8/Userbox/singular-they3}}

{{yy|User:Dchmelik/Userboxes/No singular they}}

{{yybottom}}

{{yy|User:Steveprutz/caps}}

{{yyend}}

===Punctuation===

====Full stops (periods)Apostrophes====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User double spacingapostrophe}}

{{yy|Template:User frenchApostrophe spacingAbuse}}

{{yy|User:Saerain/Userboxes/Apostrophe abuse}}

{{yy|Template:User french spacing:no}}

{{yybottom}}

{{yy|Template:User sentence choice}}

{{yyend}}

====Commas====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User comma-splice}}

{{yy|Template:User comma-verb}}

{{yy|Template:User serialOxford comma}}

{{yy|Template:User serial comma:No}}

{{yy|Template:User serial comma:Sometimes 2No}}

{{yy|Template:User serial comma:Sometimes 2}}

{{yy|Template:User serial comma:usuallySometimes}}

{{yy|Template:User serial comma:Yesusually}}

{{yy|User serial comma:Yes}}

{{yy|User:Scholarly Breeze/Oxford Comma}}

{{yy|User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/cereal comma}}

{{yy|User:AriTheHorse/Userbox Oxford Comma}}

{{yyend}}

{{yybottom}}

====ApostrophesFull stops (periods)====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User apostrophedouble spacing}}

{{yy|Template:User Apostrophedouble Abusespacing:no}}

{{yy|User:Saerain/Userboxes/Apostrophe_abuse sentence choice}}

{{yy|User:JapanYoshi/Userbox/Double spacing}}

{{yyend}}

{{yybottom}}

====Quotation marks====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User americanAmerican quotes}}

{{yy|Template:User britishBritish quotes}}

{{yy|Template:User curly quotes}}

{{yy|Template:User Joyce quotes}}

{{yy|Template:User Quotation Marks}}

{{yy|Template:User straight quotes}}

{{yy|User logical quotes}}

{{yy|User:UBX/logical curly quotes}}

{{yy|User:UBX/logical quotes}}

{{yy|User:Facklere/Punctuation End Sentence}}

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====Other punctuation====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User ellipses}}

{{yy|Template:User hyphenation}}

{{yy|Template:User semicolon}}

{{yy|User:UBX/ellipses-no}}

{{yy|User:UBX/exclam-abuse}}

{{yy|User:Ajmint/Userboxes/dash}}

{{yy|User:Tim.bouncebackParanomia/Userboxes/Semicolons}}

{{yy|User:WikiUser70176/Brackets}}

{{yyend}}

{{yy|User:Notcharizard/userboxes/interrobang}}

{{yybottom}}

====Favorite punctuation====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/Colons}}

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{{yy|User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/Semicolons}}

{{yy|User:Not a very active user/Userboxes/Exclamation mark overuse!}}

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===Relative Pickiness clauses===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User anal-1whichthat}}

{{yy|Template:User analwhichthat-20}}

{{yy|Template:User anal:Atemperman/Userboxes/whichthat-31}}

{{yybottom}}

{{yy|Template:User anal-4}}

{{yy|Template:User anal-5}}

===Split infinitives===

{{yy|Template:User Grammar nazi}}

{{yytop}}

{{yy|Template:User Grammar Ninja}}

{{yy|Template:User grammarnazi:Nosplit infinitive}}

{{yy|Template:User Pickinesssplit infinitive:No}}

{{yy|Template:User punctuationsplit infinitive:Yes}}

{{yy|User:Zenswashbuckler/Uboxes/Splitinfin}}

{{yybottom}}

===Subject-verb agreement===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User:Mojoworker/Userboxes/There's}}

{{yybottom}}

===Verb tense/mood/voice===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User passive voice}}

{{yy|User passive voice:No}}

{{yy|User passive voice:Yes}}

{{yy|User:Johanna-Hypatia/Userboxes/Subjunctive}}

{{yy|User:Lofty/Userboxes/Grammar/Subjunctive}}

{{yy|User:Saerain/Userboxes/Subjunctive}}

{{yybottom}}

====Sneaked/snuck====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User past sneak}}

{{yy|User past sneak:depends}}

{{yy|User past sneak:Sneaked}}

{{yy|User past sneak:Snuck}}

{{yy|User past sneak:uncomfortable}}

{{yybottom}}

===Word choice===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User sax-en}}

{{yy|User:Anon126/Userboxes/Try and}}

{{yy|User:JapanYoshi/Userbox/Wait}}

{{yy|User:dtrebbien/Userboxes/since}}

{{yy|User:Kmcnamee/Userboxes/After having}}

{{yy|User:Lighthead/Big words}}

{{yy|User:Saerain/Userboxes/Accurate words}}

{{yy|User:Brock256/alright userbox}}

{{yy|User:JapanYoshi/Userbox/Alright}}

{{yybottom}}

===Other grammar issues===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User hopeably}}

{{yy|User:FormalDude/Userboxes/Concision}}

{{yy|User:Mzk1/Userboxes/Lost adverb}}

{{yy|User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Based}}

{{yy|User:Typingwestern015/Userboxes/No On Double Negatives}}

{{yy|User:Ute in DC/Dangling modifiers}}

{{yy|User:GenderBiohazard/Thorn}}

{{yy|User:DannyRogers800/Userboxes/Doublespeak}}

{{yybottom}}

====Frequently confused words====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User ifwhether}}

{{yy|User its-it's}}

{{yy|User its2}}

{{yy|User itsalt}}

{{yy|User:Stalefries/templatesitsits}}

{{yy|User than then}}

{{yy|User theire}}

{{yy|User theretheirthey're}}

{{yy|User totootwo}}

{{yy|User youryou're}}

{{yy|User:JustSomeoneNo/User Whose}}

{{yybottom}}

====Pickiness====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User anal-1}}

{{yy|User anal-2}}

{{yy|User anal-3}}

{{yy|User anal-4}}

{{yy|User anal-5}}

{{yy|User grammar}}

{{yy|User Grammar nazi}}

{{yy|User Grammar Ninja}}

{{yy|User grammarnazi:No}}

{{yy|User Pickiness}}

{{yy|User punctuation}}

{{yy|User Typo Team}}

{{yy|User:Galaxiaad/typo}}

{{yy|User:UBX/MistEYk}}

{{yy|User:A. Pseudonym/UBX/Good Grammar}}

{{yy|User:Cbies/Userboxes/CREO}}

{{yy|User:Galaxiaad/typo}}

{{yy|User:Rambo's Revenge/Userboxes/Grammar}}

{{yy|User:Who R you?/Userboxes/Anal-4a}}

{{yy|User:KomradeKalashnikov/Userboxes/Grammar Nazi}}

{{yyend}}

{{yy|User:JapanYoshi/Userbox/Grammar}}

{{yybottom}}

==English language varieties==