This thread is for tropers who have trouble with English and would like some help with the crazy grammar of this crazy language.
Write down what you wish to edit on the wiki. If you have been suspended from editing, another troper might be kind enough to edit for you after your suggestions have been corrected.
The thread is for help and feedback on your own suggested edits.
If you want help correcting other people's edits (e.g., if you find a page which seems to have grammar problems but want a second opinion, or you don't feel able to fix it by yourself) then that's off-topic here, but we have a separate Grammar Police cleanup thread
that can provide assistance.
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM
I don't think I should get my edit suspension lifted, all I've done on here is shift images to the left, moved stuff, added stuff, nattered and spoke gibberish if I get my editing suspension lifted I can guarantee you that I'll just mess it up some more. English is My first language I can speak well in real life, I just have a problem with typing well, so I understand your reasons for keeping certain images on the right and your need to keep pages sensible and readable I can't do any of that and yes I was sent here to prove that I a grasp on grammar and punctuation, and my answer is...no...no I do not, this ether too long don't read or unreadable or sound wrong coming out your mouth I can't prove that I can type, all that can prove is that your right.
Short version: No don't lift my supension.
I think you should give it a try (corrections bolded):
I don't think I should get my edit suspension lifted, all I've done on here is shift images to the left, moved stuff, added stuff, nattered and spoke gibberish, Run-on sentence and a missing comma if I get my editing suspension lifted I can guarantee you that I'll just mess it up some more. English is my My should be lowercase first language I can speak well in real life, I just have a problem with typing well, so I understand your reasons for keeping certain images on the right Run-on sentence; images and typing have nothing to do with each other and your need to keep pages sensible and readable; A missing semicolon I can't do any of that and yes I was sent here to prove that I have have was missing a grasp on grammar and punctuation, and my answer is...no...no I do not, this is either is either and not ether too long didn't read too long didn't read is the usual way or unreadable or sounds sounds not sound' wrong coming out my I think you wanted my mouth I can't prove that I can type, all that I missing I can prove is that your right.
Short version: No don't lift my supension.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanBecause you do seem to be interested in editing, neh? And, compared some people I've seen around here, these are minor mistakes. That post, for example, was annoying to read, but not unintelligible.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.![]()
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Actually, I don't think it is even that bad:
I don't think I should get my edit suspension lifted, all I've done on here is shift images to the left, moved stuff, added stuff, nattered and spoke gibberish. added period If I get my editing suspension lifted I can guarantee you that I'll just mess it up some more. English is my lowercase "m" first language and added and I can speak it added it well in real life, I just have a problem with typing well. coma changed to period
So I understand your reasons for keeping certain images on the right and your need to keep pages sensible and readable. added period I can't do any of that. added period and removed "and" Yes I was sent here to prove that I have added have a grasp on grammar and punctuation, and my answer is...no...no I do not. added period This is added "is" either either, not ethernote too long don't read or unreadable or sound wrong coming out of missing "of" your mouth. added period I can't prove that I can type, all that can prove is that you're needs to be "you are," not "belonging to you" right in suspending me. just making what you are saying a bit more clear
I didn't see any problem with the "sound wrong coming out of your mouth" or "all that can prove."
Mostly, you just need to put periods when changing your thoughts. You have comas in the primary places where they belong, so if you just start saying the words out loud and adding a period in the breaks, suddenly it is a lot more clear (it was already understandable).
I know that what I did doesn't bring it up to "official" Engligh writing standards, but it is good enough for casual writing.
edited 2nd Sep '12 8:18:17 AM by Belian
Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!Can someone help be with this edit?
- Adult Fear: Słony from Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu has to hide his daughter on a remote island and then be very careful with any visitor he has to keep her save from an organization that would otherwise kidnap and experiment upon her. Then the organization finds out anyway and forces him to spy on a bunch of people or they will kidnap his daughter, rape her and force her to give birth to children they will further experiment on. No wonder the guy spends his night obsessively checking if all of his children are alive in their beds.
Adult Fear: Słony from Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu has to hide his daughter on a remote island—and be very careful with any visitor he has—in order to keep her safe from an organization that would otherwise kidnap and experiment upon her. The organization finds out anyway and forces him to spy on a bunch of people or they will kidnap, rape, and force her to give birth to children they will further experiment on. No wonder the guy spends his night obsessively checking if all of his children are alive in their beds.
Four changes:
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The first sentence was a run-on.(see below) I changed the first sentence so that the "and be very careful with any visitor he has" is a "supplementary thought" as it reads just as well without that information. Also added "in order" to make it a bit more clear. - You "save" someone from an immediate/specific danger and keep a person "safe" from danger in the long term note
- "Then" does not fit in "Then the organization finds out anyway" because you are describing the situation as it currently is, not in step-by-step history. The first sentence would have needed some sort of time frame for that "then" to work.
- As there has not been another female person mentioned, "her" has to refer to the daughter mentioned earlier, so you don't need to specify her again within the same paragraph. I also related the whole list to "her" instead of having each part of it related separately.
edited 3rd Sep '12 9:12:02 PM by Belian
Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
The first sentence was not a run-on; it was grammatically correct as written. A run-on is multiple independent clauses run together without a correct join, not simply "a long sentence with multiple clauses". And just because something "reads just as well without the information" doesn't make the information unimportant; it just means, in this case, you have a parallel "and" construction.
Your re-write is not technically incorrect, but it adds unnecessary em-dashes, which actually have the opposite effect you seem to have intended: em-dashes emphasize the information contained therein.
edited 3rd Sep '12 6:37:12 PM by Nocturna
"a parallel 'and' construction"
...wow, don't remember that one from school, though I do see why calling it a run-on sentence would be wrong. Oh well, that is how I would write it while keeping all the info provided note . English has so many "good enough" ways to write and each person has their own style.
Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!How about this ?
Character Tiers : There is one on "insert link here", with "insert character here" considered as Top Tier and "insert several character name here" as the Low Tier. The Tier are based around no item pick up, no horse, and ranked around safety, consistency, offensive power, and clear time.
Character Tiers : There is one on Game FA Qs, with Xiahou Ba as the God Tier. Xu Huang, Nu Wa, Orochi X and Mitsuhide is considered as Top Tier. Notable on the Low and Bottom Tier are Musashi Miyamoto, Zuo Ci, Yoshimoto Imagawa, and Goemon who is widely considered the worst character in the game. The Tier are based around no item pick up, no horse, a limited use of Thrift and Triple Team Attack and ranked around safety, consistency, offensive power, and clear time.
edited 12th Sep '12 2:08:01 AM by JSND
Character Tiers: There is one on Game FA Qs, with Xiahou Ba in the God Tier. Xu Huang, Nu Wa, Orochi X and Mitsuhide are considered as Top Tier. Notable characters on the Low and Bottom Tiers are Musashi Miyamoto, Zuo Ci, Yoshimoto Imagawa, and Goemon, who is widely considered the worst character in the game. The Tiers are based around no item pick up, no horse, a limited use of Thrift and Triple Team Attack, and ranked around safety, consistency, offensive power, and clear time.
Again, you don't need a space before a colon. Other than that, conjugating verbs properly (is -> are and that sort of thing) when they're with plurals is the main thing to remember; good work.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.Memetic Badass: Leo Cannon, Bomber Arm, and First Blade is this. Leo Cannon is one of the weakest weapon in the game, in term of damage output. Bomber Arm is considered to have no redeeming value whatsoever. The First Blade is a Jack of All Trades weapon, and the first weapon Pit used in the game. The weakness of the first two make it a sort of Fake Ultimate Weapon and the First Blade is joked to always come first.
Memetic Badass: Leo Cannon, Bomber Arm, and First Blade are this. Leo Cannon is one of the weakest weapons in the game, in terms of damage output. Bomber Arm is considered to have no redeeming value whatsoever. The First Blade is a Jack of All Trades weapon, and the first weapon Pit used in the game. The weakness of the first two make it a sort of Fake Ultimate Weapon and the First Blade is joked to always come first.
Take care around plurals, and that's the only thing to work on.
edited 14th Sep '12 10:04:49 AM by Telcontar
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.So I'm doing as instructed. As I got banned, I can't do it by myself and this threat was given to me as a way to redeem myself. In The Witcher tropes, there should be also this:
- Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels: Difficulty of rolls is not only scaled, but also listed with appropriate names - ranging from "no sweat", through things like "for kids" or "serious", ending with "heroic deed".
You missed a definite article and used commas slightly clumsily; everything relating to word order, spelling, and so on is fine.
- Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels: The difficulty of rolls is not only scaled, but also listed with appropriate names, ranging from "no sweat" through things like "for kids" or "serious" and ending with "heroic deed".
Now could someone post that correct version in the article about it?
So, for The Witcher:
- Saintly Church: Cult of Melitele. Whole church and her priests are Expy of Red Cross. Probably the only outright good religion in whole setting.
- Secret Circle of Secrets: Being Religion of Evil, cult of Coram Agh Ter had to turn into conspiracy.
And for Tomb Raider:
- Bamboo Technology: In every single game. Almost all of DurableDeathtraps are based on this.
- Clipped-Wing Angel: dr Willard from third game and Boaz from Angel of Darkness.
- Saintly Church: The Cult of Melitele. The whole church and her priests are Expies of the Red Cross. They are probably the only outright good religion in the whole setting.
- Secret Circle of Secrets: Being a Religion of Evil, the Cult of Coram Agh Ter had to turn into a conspiracy.
- Bamboo Technology: In every single game, almost all of the Durable Deathtraps are based on this.
- Clipped-Wing Angel: Dr. Willard from the third game and Boaz from Angel of Darkness.
You left off all the articles in those sentences, missed some pluralizations, and used sentence fragments.
edited 18th Sep '12 7:52:24 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"(Changes are in bold.)
The Witcher
- Saintly Church: The
Ccult of Melitele. The whole church andherits priests are an Expy of the Red Cross.Probably tThe only outright good religion in whole setting.
- Secret Circle of Secrets: Being a Religion of Evil, the cult of Coram Agh Ter had to turn into a conspiracy.
Tomb Raider
- Bamboo Technology: Appears
Iin every single game. Almost all of the Durable Deathtraps are based on this. - Clipped-Wing Angel: Dr Willard from the third game and Boaz from Angel of Darkness.
edited 18th Sep '12 7:58:23 AM by desdendelle
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.

Alright these are two edits for similar wild mass guessing on two different pages because I don't know which one to post them in so I'm going to post them in both.
WMG: Monster High "monster high as another campus in Japan"
WMG: Rosario Plus Vampire "the Academy has another campus in America"
also I don't know where to ask do landmarks count for Wolverine Publicity?
edited 2nd Sep '12 6:29:19 AM by HeroShepherd