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It is now 22:05 on Thursday, 14 December 2006. Do you know where your children are?


LE-1 This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.
to / too
/ two
Too many people have no idea how to use words they should have learned in grade two.
which / that This user typically uses "which" and "that" interchangeably.


who This user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things?
, This user fixes comma splices as they are annoying.
. The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.


This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately….
…in. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something this user is okay with.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.


infin¦itive This user chooses to sometimes split infinitives.
their / there / they're This user knows that there, their, and they're are not the same word.
"…" This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.


they This user considers singular they standard English usage.
!? This user is a punctuation stickler.
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user will use the vernacular, not what is "politically correct".


its/it's It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
by This user has no opinion about the passive voice.
snkt This user says sneaked.