User:AnnaKucsma/Userboxes

This is the nearly complete list of Userboxes that I've found that apply to me. There are many more here than I've chosen to put on my main Userpage, simply because there are so many Userboxes that apply.

Where applicable and/or necessary, I've included a little extra information explaining why and/or how a particular Userbox applies.

Also, I'm working on a few userboxes of my own. See them at User:AnnaKucsma/Sandbox/Userboxes In Progress.
For my more-or-less finished userboxes, see User:AnnaKucsma/Boxes

General Information

This user is female.

This user is a Virgo.

猴

This user was born in the year of the Monkey.

This user does not claim to be of any ancestry at all.

This user is of multiple ancestries.

This user is interested in the
Middle Ages

This user farts in your general direction!

This user enjoys knitting.

This user enjoys quilting.

This user listens to NPR.

NYM

This user is a New York Mets fan.

This user studies at Brooklyn College.

This user studies at the City University of New York.

Im a Virgo, and was born in the year of the Monkey. That's all I'm telling you.

On the ancestry thing, I've inluded both ends of the scale, because they both apply to me. Because I've got roots all over Europe (hence the "multi"), I don't consider myself hyphenated (hence the "none").

I read a lot of nonfiction books; a lot of them seem to be about the Middle Ages (hence that particular userbox). And I like the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I might be able to go see Spamalot now that it's been open a while. Oh, and I also knit and quilt. My major news source is NPR, and I'm a Mets fan.

In theory, I'm a student at Brooklyn College, a part of the City University of New York — not to be confused with the State University of New York. (For the record, the acronyms CUNY and SUNY are pronounced "CUE-knee" and "SUE-knee.") But in reality, I have a day job, and I'm past the stage of education where there are a whole lot of sections of everything. Oh, and I have a rough draft of a Brooklyn College Userbox at User:AnnaKucsma/Sandbox/Userboxes In Progress.

Languages

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

US

This user uses American English.

fr-2

Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

These explain my profficiency in various languages. I'm a native speaker of English, specifially the American variety. I know some French, but nothing impressive.

English Grammar

“,;:’

This user is a punctuation stickler.

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!

your
you're

This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

its & it's

This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

by

This user has no opinion about the passive voice.

snuk

This user says snuck.

These boxes state my preferences in grammar, punctuation and syntax within the English language.

I freely admit to being a stickler, albeit a minor one. See Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves for a definition and description. The book does provide a refresher course, complete with examples of just what can go wrong when you don't pay attention to where all those dots go.

The passive voice isn't really a stickler thing for me, but in theory it should be avoided (or, in theory one should avoid the passive voice). I tend to think it is sometimes neccesary, as it sometimes makes for better prose. The passive voice only gets to me when prose doesn't use anything else. As for "snuck," I think "sneaked" sounds weird, despite being nearer to the regular past tense. (I use "pled" as the past tense of "plea," but even NPR uses "pleaded.")