User:8en

8en
Reäl Name	Benjamin
Pronunciation	/ˈbend͡ʒæˌmɪn/, [ˈ₍b̥e̞nd͡ʒɐ̱̆ˌm̤ɪ̰̈n̰ˑ]
Born	2003
Nationality	British
Country	United Kingdom
Current location	Cambridgeshire
Personality type	ENTJ
Occupation	Full-time student
Fields of interest	Linguistics, philosophy, œconomics, politics
Joined	This user has been on Wikipedia for 6 years, 5 months and 23 days.

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Trivia

This user supports opt-in ads on Wikipedia (via user preferences). This user has a page on Wiktionary. This user likes fighting games. intel insideThis user contributes with a computer based on the Intel Core i9 microprocessor. This user prefers to write with a fountain pen. This user is an art lover. VioletThis user's favourite colour is violet. This user ❤ spicy foods This user is a naturalist, who believes that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe. 17This user has visited 17 of the 208 countries in the world. This user is of Dutch ancestry.

Language Skills

Scripts ipa-4 əThis user has a near-complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet. ضThis user can read the Arabic script. ՀThis user can read the Armenian script. ϯThis user can read the Coptic script. ქარThis user can read the Georgian script. αβγThis user can read the Greek script. Latn-4 AThis user has a near-complete understanding of the Latin script. Latf-4 This user has a near-complete understanding of the Kurrent form of Fraktur. ᮞᮥThis user can read the Sundanese script. Proficiency ...This user would like to know oodles more languages. de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse. fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. nl-2Deze gebruiker heeft een middelmatige kennis van het Nederlands. ru-1Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне. gsw-1Dä Benutzer redet es bizzeli Schwizerdütsch. hu-1Ez a szerkesztő alapszinten beszéli a magyar nyelvet. cmn-1該用戶能以基本的官話進行交流。 该用戶能以基本的官话进行交流。 ar-1 هذا المستخدم يتحدث اللغة العربية بمستوى مبتدئ. ko-1이 사용자는 간단한 한국어를 말할 수 있습니다. sgn-1This user can communicate at a basic level in British Sign Language. os-1Ацы архайæг иронау гыццыл зоны. egy-1 tr-0Bu kullanıcı hiç Türkçe anlamıyor. hy-0Այս անձը չի տիրապետում հայերենը։ English en-GB -NThis user is a native speaker of British English. en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English. tyop typo This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. ,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. "…"! US vs. UKThis user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue! —This user knows the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and follows MOS:DASH. -This user is a hyphenation expert. you oneThis user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopædic articles. Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it. if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly. whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer. -izeThis user spells the suffix -ize with a z, as is etymologically appropriate! A, B, and A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing. ubiquitous ≠ widespreadThis user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise. firemanfighter mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word. . TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop. try and try toThis user tries to discourage usage of "try and". "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. ...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. Pickyness PickinessThis user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness". theyThis user frequently uses the singular they for want of a better gender-neutral pronoun. Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. amn'tThis user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular. couldn't'veThis user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word. ’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. snukThis user says snuck. zoöglœæThis user is an evil præscriptivist who's goïng to make Latin your plurals. əThis user is a Grammar Nazi. hopeablyThis user encourages the hopeable popularization of the word hopeably, or even hopeäbly, and hopefully hopes that you hopeably do so too. ⅒This user thinks that the phrase "completely decimated" is "completely improper"! This user advocates the logical and consistent reform of English orthography. Thou/YeThis user wants to resurrect the T–V distinction in English.

I’m Ben. I generally make minor edits and contributions as i visit Wikimedia sites for my own usage I'm most well-equipped to contribute to articles about linguistics and languages but, in practice, principally just busy myself with improving writing and fixing textual and formatting errors.