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

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==Interest==

==Grammar controversies==

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{| class="wikitable"

{{yy|User English grammar}}

!Code

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!Result

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|{{tl|User serial comma}}||{{User serial comma}}

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|{{tl|User serial comma:Yes}}

|{{User serial comma:Yes}}

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|{{tl|User serial comma:No}}

|{{User serial comma:No}}

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|{{tl|User singular they}}||{{User singular they}}

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|{{tl|User singular they:Yes}}

|{{User singular they:Yes}}

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|{{tl|User singular they:No}}

|{{User singular they:No}}

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|{{tl|User past sneak}}||{{User past sneak}}

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|{{tl|User past sneak:Sneaked}}

|{{User past sneak:Sneaked}}

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|{{tl|User past sneak:Snuck}}

|{{User past sneak:Snuck}}

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|{{tl|User split infinitive}}||{{user split infinitive}}

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|{{tl|User split infinitive:Yes}}

|{{User split infinitive:Yes}}

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|{{tl|User split infinitive:No}}

|{{User split infinitive:No}}

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|{{tl|user prepositions}}||{{user prepositions}}

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|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:user prepositions:yes|user prepositions:yes]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

|{{user prepositions:yes}}

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|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:user prepositions:no|user prepositions:no]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

|{{user prepositions:no}}

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|{{tl|User_ellipses}}

|{{User_ellipses}}

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== General prescriptive ==

==Usage controversies==

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{| class="wikitable"

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

!Code

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!Result

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|{{tl|User genderneutral}}||{{User genderneutral}}

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==Specific disputes==

== American English ==

===Capitalization===

:''See also the American English userboxes in [[Wikipedia:Userboxes/Non-ISO Languages]].''

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User:Steveprutz/caps}}

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===Case===

{| class="wikitable"

{{yytop}}

!Code

{{yy|User Whom}}

!Result

{{yy|User Whom:No}}

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{{yy|User Whom:Yes}}

|{{tl|User CommonwealthE}}||{{User CommonwealthE}}

{{yy|User you and me}}

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

|{{tl|User-AmE-0}}||{{user-AmE-0}}

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|{{tl|User AmE-0}}||{{user AmE-0}}

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|{{tl|User-AmE-x}}||{{user-AmE-x}}

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|{{tl|User AmE-5}}||{{user AmE-5}}

|}

===Contractions===

== Instant Messenger ==

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{| class="wikitable"

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

!Code

{{yy|User contractions}}

!Result

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

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

|{{tl|User AIM-0}}||{{User AIM-0}}

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

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|{{tlyy|User AIM-1}}||{{User AIM:Wikiwow/yall-1yes}}

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|{{tl|User AIM-2}}||{{User AIM-2}}

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|{{tl|User AIM-3}}||{{User AIM-3}}

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|{{tl|User AIM-4}}||{{User AIM-4}}

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|{{tl|User AIM-5}}||{{User AIM-5}}

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|{{tl|User text talk}}||{{user text talk}}

|}

===Number===

{{WP:UBS}}

{{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 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}}

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===Prepositions===

[[Category:Wikipedia userboxes]]

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{{yy|User prepositions}}

{{yy|User prepositions:no}}

{{yy|User prepositions:yes}}

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

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

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===Pronouns===

{{yytop}}

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

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

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====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}}

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

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{{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}}

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===Punctuation===

====Apostrophes====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User apostrophe}}

{{yy|User Apostrophe Abuse}}

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

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====Commas====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User comma-splice}}

{{yy|User comma-verb}}

{{yy|User Oxford comma}}

{{yy|User serial comma}}

{{yy|User serial comma:No}}

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

{{yy|User serial comma:Sometimes}}

{{yy|User serial comma:usually}}

{{yy|User serial comma:Yes}}

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

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

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

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

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User double spacing}}

{{yy|User double spacing:no}}

{{yy|User sentence choice}}

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

{{yybottom}}

====Quotation marks====

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User American quotes}}

{{yy|User British quotes}}

{{yy|User curly quotes}}

{{yy|User Joyce quotes}}

{{yy|User Quotation Marks}}

{{yy|User straight quotes}}

{{yy|User logical quotes}}

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

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

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====Other punctuation====

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{{yy|User ellipses}}

{{yy|User hyphenation}}

{{yy|User semicolon}}

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

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

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

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

{{yy|User:WikiUser70176/Brackets}}

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

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====Favorite punctuation====

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

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

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

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

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

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===Relative clauses===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User whichthat}}

{{yy|User whichthat-0}}

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

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===Split infinitives===

{{yytop}}

{{yy|User split infinitive}}

{{yy|User split infinitive:No}}

{{yy|User split infinitive:Yes}}

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

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===Subject-verb agreement===

{{yytop}}

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

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===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}}

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====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}}

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===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}}

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===Other grammar issues===

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{{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}}

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====Frequently confused words====

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{{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}}

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====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:Cbies/Userboxes/CREO}}

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

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

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

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

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==English language varieties==

{{yytab|{{nobreak|English language varieties}}|Wikipedia:Userboxes/English/Varieties|image=Crystal kthememgr.svg|alone=yes}}

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