More about the Darkfrog This user has an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in Writing. MA This user has a Master of Arts degree in World History. person, humanity This editor writes carefully to avoid gender neutrality issues completely. which & that This user knows how to use which and that correctly. less & fewer This user understands the difference between less & fewer. Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. golden toad This user advocates lowercase common names in an encyclopedia. “,;:’ This user is a punctuation stickler. "...," For quotation marks, this user would rather use "American punctuation." This user values third opinions and occasionally provides one. vn This user page has been vandalized.

My credentials include college/university work in the biological sciences and world history. I'm a member of my local academy of sciences and I've taught history on the college level.

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Restrictions: One topic ban from the Manual of Style. From day one, the wording has stated I'm allowed to use punctuation and style so long as I do not perform any edit warring actions, etc. So if you see me fixing parentheses or using capital letters, there's no cause for alarm, but please do not attempt to engage me in conversation about it. One interaction ban with another user.