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User:Cogito ergo cogitati sunt

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Basics - It's always good to get a general overview of that with which you are dealing. (belaboured or what?)
This user's homeworld is mostly harmless.
SThis user loves entropy and the arrow of time
This user knows the dire side effects of dihydrogen monoxide.
Do you?
This user is interested in linguistics.
This user has a keen interest in learning about Chemistry.
You mess with this user, and they'll
denature your protein.
This user doesn't care whether Pluto is a planet or not – but IAU's 2006 redefinition of planet was a linguistic-philosophical embarrassment.
This user is interested in space sciences.
This user is interested in
science.
This user is interested in religion.
GodThis user believes in God.
This user participated in the Earth Hour event even though they weren't in a partner city.
Grammar - I think that it is important to use correct grammar when editing an encyclopedia, but I don't think that it is as important to speak grammatically in everyday life.
theyThis user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
byThe passive voice may be used by this user.
... in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put.
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man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.
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.
whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see.
you oneThis user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.
which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.
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!
Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
Latin Plurals: "Data is are..." This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".
Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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.