Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Language/English/Grammar

message: how about one for split infinitives? -Grick(talk to me!) 23:06, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Angr (t·c) 23:31, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  split infinitive 

message: What does this mean? Obviously, "4.SS-Division" is a military unit, but what about "(mot.)"? And what does "Wikingpädie" mean? -- ¿ WhyBeNormal ? 00:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing it mean "Vikingpedia" as a Nazi play on "Wikipedia" ("Wikipädie" in German) mgekelly 07:31, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  4.SS-Division (mot.) ''Wikingpädie'' 

message: Aforementioned doesn't work in the  notation. Normally you remove "User " including the space, but since there's not space there, just a dash, it doesn't work, with or without the dash. Retodon8 04:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah I know...  was already taken so I put it on the next best alternative... kinda forgot about the Babel format.  If you can think of a suitable alternative then let me know and I'll implement it.   Deano (Talk) 18:00, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  User-AmE-0 doesn't work 

message: Who deleted the anti gender-neutral box?  And why did the keep the pro one? --Roofus 20:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Physchim62 deleted it as part of an ongoing campaign against userboxes that use the word "anti-" in their name, under the assumption that the new template deletion criterion for "polemic or inflammatory userboxes" means that any opinion on any topic that isn't a "support" or "positive" view qualifies for speedy-deletion. You'll probably have to list for it at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Userbox debates to get it undeleted. -Silence 20:20, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender-Neutral 

message: There are far fewer people who know when to use each of these than you'd expect.  Can we have a box for that? Teraspawn 12:31, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fewer & Less

message: I want to make a comment regarding the userbox against preposition stranding. While I am generally against preposition stranding, I believe that preposition stranding is generally acceptable usage in the case of a verbal idiom, such as put up with, where the phrase loses its meaning when the words are split. Although using put up with as an example on the preposition userbox is amusing, I wonder if it is entirely accurate in terms of preposition usage. Comments, anyone? Abhorsen327 12:30, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm reminded of what Winston wrote ("This is the sort of pedantry up with which I shall not put") re split infinitives, but what's preposition stranding? kcylsnavS{screechharrass} 00:59, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  <nowiki>{{user prepositions:no}}</nowiki> 

message: I see these words mixed up all the time. There simply must be a userbox to encourage the correct usage of these words. Justacsnerd 07:00, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I didn't know how. And it took me six hours to figure it out. But okay. Done now. Justacsnerd 20:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In any case, I like it!  BarkerJr 21:11, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This user thinks that the third person singular ought to be he/she/it/thay (genitive his/her/its/thair) so that the plural they (genitive their) can be distinguished from the singular in spelling. ;-) Evertype 21:15, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Their, There, & They're

message: …is the same as Oxford spelling as far as I know. Evertype 21:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian English spelling 

message: For those of us who would prefer to keep things tidier than a userbox for every blessed controversial point of grammar would allow, how 'bout some general boxes for "This user is a linguistic descriptivist/prescriptivist"? Kyriosity 13:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Descriptivist/Prescriptivist

message: Can someone make a userbox to show our hatred of non-italicized species name, (see Latin name).
And to show how we italicize (sorry if that is'nt a word) every single Genus or Species name we see. Pro bug catcher 15:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Latin name in italics

message: I was going to use that userbox but it gives the impression that just because the user speaks some Southern American English that they use the words y'all and southron.
The SouAmE words I do use, that I can think of at the moment that is, are hun'erd instead of hundred, reckon instead of figure, 'em instead of them, 'im instead, '-in instead of -ing and sometimes "y'all". An appropriate userbox would be one that says SouAmE on the side and "This user speaks Southern American English". Thank you- Faustus Tacitus 06:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Southern American English userbox 

message: Added a template on proper use of plurals of Latin origin. Anyone with me on these phenomena? Unimaginative Username 02:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The data are plural 

message: I made a user box for quotation-mark abuse—Template:Quotation-Mark Abuse—but I don’t know how to add it to the list properly. Please help. Peace. (MuzikJunky 06:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Um, help me add a box, please?

message: I notice a lot of individuals get "then & than" confused, probably because 'than' is often de-stressed as "thən" in colloquial speech. Nagelfar 17:46, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Then/Than 

message: | That's just mean. Is it really necessary?Factchecker atyourservice (talk) 17:39, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miss South Carolina Userbox.. not nice 

message: I really need your help. I am finally adding userboxes to my user page, but I can't find any userboxes about opposing double negatives. I really need one. How about one that says:
"This user hates double negatives cluttering up the English language. He/she wants to stomp it out no matter what it takes."
Thank you very much. Typingwestern015 (talk) 01:04, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to knock one up yourself. You'll find  pretty helpful. I always find it amusing to use an example of the grammatical issue in the userbox itself. OrangeDog (talk • edits) 01:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Guess what? I finally did it! Typingwestern015 (talk) 15:23, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? No Double Negative-Related Userboxes? 

message: Hi, I found a userbox that I like, but I want to add some text to it or create an alternate version.  How may I go about this? Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:02, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: How do I add text/create an alternate userbox?

message: I'd like to ressurect thou and ye, but not for the T-V distinction. So I altered it in my User Page and ye might look at it, copy it here and share with me if ye want to.Wisapi (talk) 13:55, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thou/Ye 

message: I'm in favor the following line be added to this template: "If I were you, I would use it and suggest that someone else use it too".Wisapi (talk) 13:55, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subj 

message: Shouldn't there be one (or several) for the biggest recent deterioration of the language, the disappearence of the adverb? That is, not ending words with "-ly"?Mzk1 (talk) 18:01, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, on the basis of the above, I added the Lost Adverb userbox to misc. The last word is intentionally incorrect. I hope someone likes it.Mzk1 (talk) 22:22, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adverbs 

message: At some point soon, I'm going to try to reorganize all of these - separate the general ones from the specific controversies, put the specific controversies into categories, etc. Does anyone object? - Mgcsinc (talk) 22:35, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I've made some inroads. Anyone is welcome to help out or second-guess me (here, or by direct edit). - Mgcsinc (talk) 06:35, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization 

message: I am confused over whether the singular they should be used with or without the definite article (some userboxes use it and others without). It might vary with dialect but I am not sure. Tk420 (talk) 12:56, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As demonstrated at singular they, it is not necessary to use the definite article when referring to it. Whilst it is proper to provide an article when using the isolated word singular, it is not necessary in this case because the two words singular they function as a single term. In particular, your recent changes to various templates did not properly account for the use-mention distinction. That is, those templates refer to the term, singular they, rather than describing a particular instance of the singular "they".--Jeffro77 (talk) 00:55, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singular they 

message: I'm not sure what the etiquette is about cc'ing relevant threads in other discussions here; but I decided to open this topic on the WikiProject talk-page; some of you watching this page may find it relevant. (= — ELLIOTTCABLE (talk) 08:23, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality and relevance of the singular-they and gender-neutrality sections