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Main page: Wikipedia:Userboxes/Language/English
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This gallery includes userbox templates about English language grammar. You may place any of these userboxes on your user page. Some of these templates have multiple options, so visit the template for further information.

General prescriptive

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{{User:Dude1818/Userboxes/grammar}}
This user knows that because English is a living language, grammar and syntax are not fixed.
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Specific disputes

Pronouns

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{{Template:User English T-V:Yes}}
Thou/YeThis user wants to resurrect the T–V distinction in English.
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{{User:CanonLawJunkie/Userboxes/Majestic Plural}}
WeThis user refers to themselves in the majestic plural.
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Singular 'they'

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{{Template:User singular they:Gender}}
theyThis user frequently uses singular they as it is a handy gender-neutral pronoun.
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{{Template:User singular they:Gender (want of a better word)}}
theyThis user frequently uses the singular they for want of a better gender-neutral pronoun.
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{{Template:User singular they:No}}
they
he or she		This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage.
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{{Template:User singular they:Their}}
theirThis user frequently uses the singular they as a gender-neutral pronoun but it comes out more as their.
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{{Template:User singular they:Yes}}
theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage.
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{{Template:User singular they}}
they?This user has no opinion about singular they.
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{{Template:User Some people are they}}
TheySome people are 'they'. Get over it!
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{{User:UBX/singular they:Iffy}}
they…This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
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{{User:Gamingforfun365/Userboxes/Singular they replacement}}
{{{1}}}
{{{2}}}
{{{3}}}
{{{4}}}		If this user could come up with standard words to replace the singular they, them, their, and themselves/themself, they would respectively be {{{1}}}, {{{2}}}, {{{3}}}, and {{{4}}}.
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{{User:Jeffro77/userboxes/Singular they:LessEvil}} Lua error: expandTemplate: template "User:Jeffro77/userboxes/Singular they:LessEvil" does not exist. linked pages
{{User:Middle_8/Userbox/singular-they}}
they This user prefers singular they.
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{{User:Middle_8/Userbox/singular-they3}}
they This user prefers singular they, and is in good company.
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Gender neutrality

Wikitext userbox where used
{{Template:User genderneutral}}
mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language.
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{{User:UBX/avoid gender}}
person,
humanity		This editor writes carefully to avoid gender neutrality issues completely.
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{{User:Cedlaod/Userboxes/User parallelusage}}
(s)he This user supports parallel usage.
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{{User:Nosleep/User genderneutralflex}}
firemanfighter
mankind		This user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word.
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{{User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Spivak 2}}
Ey
Em
Eir 		While this user doesn't use Spivak pronouns in eir edits, ey do so outside Wikipedia.
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{{User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Spivak}}
Ey
Em
Eir 		This user prefers to use Spivak pronouns in eir edits.
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{{User:Stagyar Zil Doggo/Userboxes/gender neutrality}}
neutralityThis user could not care less about the use of gender-neutral language.
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{{User:The Homosexualist/U/On preserving archaicisms}}
human-
kind		Regarding gender, neutrality is vernacular. Patriarchy is archaic.
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{{User:Wilhelm meis/Userboxes/Man}}
wyf-
man 		This user understands grammatical gender historically preceded and is independent of natural gender.
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Contractions

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{{Template:User Amn't:Yes}}
amn'tThis user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular.
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{{Template:User contractions}}
 This user doesn't like contractions
in the main namespace.
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{{User:ANormalUsername1/couldntve/}}
couldn't'veThis user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word.
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{{User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/y'all vs. ain't}}
y'allThis user believes that y'all is a real word, but ain't isn't one.ain't
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{{User:Danielaustinhall12/Userboxes/Ain't}}
Ain't
 This user believes that ain't is a proper word to use in place of a contraction of a verb and a pronoun. Ain't that right?
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{{User:Wikiwow/yall-yes}}
y'allThis user thinks y'all serves a useful purpose as a second-person plural pronoun, and would like to see y'all use it more often.
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Word choice

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{{Template:User sax-en}}
sax-enThis brooker wishes to cleanse English of needless fremd words.
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{{User:Anon126/Userboxes/Try and}}
try and
try to		This user tries to discourage usage of "try and".
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{{User:dtrebbien/Userboxes/since}}
since This user dislikes the use of since to mean because.
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{{User:Kmcnamee/Userboxes/After_having}}
After havingHaving learnt to appreciate good grammar, this user thinks that After is a superflous prefix.
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{{User:Lighthead/Big words}}
ubiquitousThis user feels that if a person cannot concisely describe what they mean without using so-called big words, then they should not be identified as being truly intelligent.
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{{User:Saerain/Userboxes/Accurate_words}}
ubiquitous ≠ widespreadThis user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise.
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Verb tense/mood/voice

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{{Template:User passive voice}}
byThis user has no opinion about the passive voice.
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{{Template:User passive voice:No}}
byThis user does not use the passive voice.
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{{Template:User passive voice:Yes}}
byThe passive voice may be used by this user.
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{{User:Johanna-Hypatia/Userboxes/Subjunctive}}
subj This user likes that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, she would use it.
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{{User:Lofty/Userboxes/Grammar/Subjunctive}}
Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
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{{User:Saerain/Userboxes/Subjunctive}}
subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, they would use it.
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Sneaked/snuck

Wikitext userbox where used
{{Template:User past sneak}}
snkThis user says either sneaked or snuck.
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{{Template:User past sneak:depends}}
snkThis user says he/she/it sneaked and they snuck.
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{{Template:User past sneak:Sneaked}}
snkdThis user says sneaked.
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{{Template:User past sneak:Snuck}}
snukThis user says snuck.
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{{Template:User past sneak:uncomfortable}}
snkThis user feels uncomfortable with both sneaked and snuck.
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Subject-verb agreement

Wikitext userbox where used
{{User:Mojoworker/Userboxes/There's}}
"There's" with a plural subjectThis 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.


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Split infinitives

Wikitext userbox where used
{{Template:User split infinitive}}
infinitiveThis user has no opinion about split infinitives.
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{{Template:User split infinitive:No}}
infin¦
itive		This user chooses never to split infinitives.
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{{Template:User split infinitive:Yes}}
to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
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{{User:Zenswashbuckler/Uboxes/Splitinfin}}
to¦<b>ly¦goThis user is proud to rightfully split infinitives.
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Prepositions

Wikitext userbox where used
{{Template:User prepositions}}
with, at, in, for, to...This user has no opinion about ending a sentence with a preposition.
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{{Template:User prepositions:no}}
... in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put.
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{{Template:User prepositions:yes}}
…in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.
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{{User:Gamingforfun365/Userboxes/Prepositional Adverbs}}
...in. (some-times)Ending a sentence with a preposition would be something with which this user does not like dealing unless it be used either in a passive voice, in an infinitive, or as a prepositional adverb.
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Frequently confused words

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{{Template:User ifwhether}}
if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.
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{{Template:User ITS}}
its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.
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{{Template:User its2}}
its
it's		It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
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{{Template:User itsalt}}
itsThis user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).
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{{Template:User than then}}
than
then		This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."
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{{Template:User theire}}
theire?This user will use the words there and their interchangeably.
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{{Template:User theretheir}}
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!
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{{Template:User totootwo}}
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.
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{{Template:User youryou're}}
your
you're		This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
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{{User:Stalefries/templatesitsits}}
its & it'sThis user thinks
ohh, if you want it to be possessive,
it's just i-t-s,
but if it's supposed to be a contraction,
then it's i-t-apostrophe-s...
Scalawag.
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Case

Wikitext userbox where used
{{Template:User Whom}}
who(m)This user uses either who or whom in the object case.
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{{Template:User Whom:No}}
whoThis user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things?
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{{Template:User Whom:Yes}}
whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see.
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{{Template:User you and me}}
You and MeThis 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...
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{{User:The Makhnovshchina/Userboxen/You & Me}}
You & MeThis user thinks that if you believe it is always incorrect to use "you and me" as the object of a sentence, a little talk needs to be had by you and me...
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Relative clauses

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{{Template:User whichthat}}
which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.
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{{Template:User whichthat-0}}
which
that		This user typically uses "which" and "that" interchangeably.
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{{User:Atemperman/Userboxes/whichthat-1}}
which & that This user joins with Dickens, Melville, and other great writers[1] in rejecting the canard that which may not be used for restrictive relative clauses.
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Number

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{{Template:User fewer}}
less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.
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{{Template:User many}}
much & manyThis user understands the difference between much & many.
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{{Template:User not completely decimated}}
⅒This user knows that the phrase
"completely decimated"
is "completely improper"!
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{{Template:User not decimated}}
⅒This user refuses to use the verb "decimate" as a synonym for "obliterate"!
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{{Template:User not less}}
fewer
mistakes		This user refuses to use the adjective "less" with
plural nouns!
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{{Template:User not most unique}}
1This user knows that the superlative
"most unique" is
"most improper"!
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{{Template:User not unique}}
1This user refuses to use the
adjective "unique" as a
synonym for "distinctive"!
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{{Template:User unique}}
1This user refuses to apply the adjective "unique" to anything
that is not the only one of its kind!
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{{User:Atemperman/Userboxes/English Singulars}}
English Singulars: "The data is..." This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.
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{{User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/Latin Plurals}}
Latin Plurals: "Data is are..." This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
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Miscellaneous

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{{Template:User hopeably}}
hopeablyThis user encourages the hopeable popularization of the word hopeably, or even hopeäbly, and hopefully hopes that you hopeably do so too.
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{{User:Mzk1/Userboxes/Lost adverb}}
-ly This user mourns the apparent death of the adverb, a loss that this user feels most serious.
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{{User:OrangeDog/Userboxes/Based}}
based Based on experience, this user knows that based off is nearly always incorrect.
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{{User:Typingwestern015/Userboxes/No On Double Negatives}}
ain't nobodyThis 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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{{User:Ute in DC/Dangling modifiers}}
DMCausing unintended humor, this user edits dangling modifiers.
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Capitalization

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{{User:Steveprutz/caps}}
golden toad This user advocates lowercase common names in an encyclopedia.


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Punctuation

Full stops (periods)

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{{Template:User double spacing}}
.  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period.
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{{Template:User french spacing}}
.  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period.
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{{Template:User french spacing:no}}
. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
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{{Template:User sentence choice}}
.  TheThis user believes sentence spacing is a style choice, not a law.
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Commas

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{{Template:User comma-splice}}
,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.
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{{Template:User comma-verb}}
,This user fixes commas that separate verb from subject or that separate two verbs or verbal phrases in a compound predicate.
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{{Template:User serial comma}}
,This user has no opinion about the serial comma.
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{{Template:User serial comma:No}}
A, B and CThis user prefers not to use the serial comma.
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{{Template:User serial comma:Sometimes 2}}
A, B and C.
A, the first letter, and B.		This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.
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{{Template:User serial comma:Sometimes}}
A, B, and
A and B		This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.
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{{Template:User serial comma:usually}}
A, B, and
A and B		This user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing.
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{{Template:User serial comma:Yes}}
A, B, and CThis user prefers the
serial comma.
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{{User:Scholarly Breeze/Oxford Comma}}
,
This user supports the use of the
Oxford comma.
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{{User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/cereal comma}}
Wheaties, Cheerios, and Rice Chex This user prefers the cereal comma.
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Apostrophes

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{{Template:User apostrophe}}
’sThis user realises that plural nouns should not have an apostrophe while possessive words should!
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{{Template:User Apostrophe Abuse}}
’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.
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{{User:Saerain/Userboxes/Apostrophe_abuse}}
’sThis user understands that apostrophe's apostrophes are for possession and contraction, not pluralization.
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Quotation marks

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{{Template:User american quotes}}
"...,"For quotation marks, this user would rather use "American punctuation."
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{{Template:User british quotes}}
"…"?This user thinks "British punctuation is best for quotation marks". Do you?
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{{Template:User curly quotes}}
“…”This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style.
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{{Template:User Joyce quotes}}
―This user favours quotation dashes over quotation marks.
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{{Template:User Quotation Marks}}
"..!"This user believes that punctuation should always come on the inside of quotation marks.
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{{Template:User straight quotes}}
"…"This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.
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{{User:UBX/logical curly quotes}}
“...”!
US vs. UK		This user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue!
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{{User:UBX/logical quotes}}
"…"!
US vs. UK		This user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue!
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{{User:Facklere/Punctuation End Sentence}}
A sentence contains "A quoted sentence.". This user thinks, "Punctuation should come at the end of every sentence.".
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Other

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{{Template:User ellipses}}
…This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately...
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{{Template:User hyphenation}}
-This user is a hyphenation expert.
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{{Template:User semicolon}}
;This user knows how to use a semicolon correctly.
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{{User:UBX/ellipses-no}}
 This user terminates unquoted ellipses on sight. This is not your blog. We end sentences properly.
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{{User:UBX/exclam-abuse}}
???
?!?
!!!		This user terminates excessive use of exclamation points and question marks on sight. Grow up!
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{{User:Ajmint/Userboxes/dash}}
—This user knows the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and follows MOS:DASH.
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{{User:Tim.bounceback/Userboxes/Semicolons}}
;This user is addicted to semicolons; they use them frequently.
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Favorite

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{{User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/Colons}}
:This user has a favorite punctuation you might not have: colons.
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{{User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/Commas}}
,This user's favorite punctuation is commas, guys, not exclamation points or whatever.
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{{User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/Periods}}
.This user's favorite punctuation is the period.
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{{User:Cegalegolog99/Userboxes/Semicolons}}
;This user's favorite punctuation is semicolons; they like using them a lot.
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{{User:Not a very active user/Userboxes/Exclamation mark overuse!}}
 ¡¡¡This user overuses exclamation marks!!!
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Pickiness

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{{Template:User grammarnazi:No}}
ain'tThis user believes that prescriptive grammar rules stem from linguistic ignorance and are used to enforce economic class distinctions.
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{{Template:User anal-1}}
ANAL 1User here dont worry two much about their's bad grammars.
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{{Template:User anal-2}}
ANAL 2This user rely's on others better grammar too fix there article's.
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{{Template:User anal-3}}
ANAL 3This user will not correct you're bad grammar.
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{{Template:User anal-4}}
ANAL 4This user advocates good grammar usage.
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{{User:Who R you?/Userboxes/Anal-4a}}
ANAL 4 AThis user advocates the use of proper grammatic structure.
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{{Template:User anal-5}}
ANAL 5This user is incredibly stringent with professional grammar.
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{{Template:User Grammar nazi}}
əThis user is a Grammar Nazi.
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{{Template:User Grammar Ninja}}
GNThis user is a Grammar Ninja and says "WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" as proof.
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{{Template:User Pickiness}}
Pickyness PickinessThis user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".
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{{User:Cbies/Userboxes/CREO}}
CREOThis user is a member of the Campaign for Real English Online.
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{{User:Galaxiaad/typo}}
tyop
typo 		This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team.
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{{User:A. Pseudonym/UBX/Good Grammar}}
 This user thinks good grammar is sexy.
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{{User:Rambo's Revenge/Userboxes/Grammar}}
 This user thinks good grammar is sexy.
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{{User:UBX/MistEYk}}
MistEYkThis user does not always see their grammar mistakes. It would be nice of you to correct them.
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{{Template:User punctuation}}
“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.
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English language varieties

See Wikipedia:Userboxes/English/Varieties for English language varieties userbox templates.
 English language varieties userbox templates


See also

This section is transcluded from Wikipedia:Userboxes/footer. (edit | history)


See Wikipedia:Userboxes
for a guide to userbox templates.
 A guide to userbox templates


See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries
for a guide to userbox galleries.
 A guide to userbox galleries


See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries/alphabetical
for a list of all userbox galleries.
 A list of all userbox galleries
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