User contributions for Bjb29407

9 January 2011

• 03:4003:40, 9 January 2011 diff hist +1 Same-sex marriage in Connecticut →Court case: These are contact clauses and should be separated by a semicolon. A comma here is the error known as a comma splice.

4 January 2011

• 05:4005:40, 4 January 2011 diff hist 0 Developmental coordination disorder →Terminology

2 January 2011

• 03:3403:34, 2 January 2011 diff hist −5 Automatic transmission →History and improvements: "Pedal" comes from the Latin word "pes," meaning foot; "foot pedal" is redundant and offensive to educated readers.

28 November 2010

• 07:2707:27, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →Personal life: PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:2607:26, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →Rock of Love: PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:2507:25, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →2000s: PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:2307:23, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →2000s: COMMAS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:2107:21, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →Personal life: COMMAS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:2007:20, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →In other media: COMMAS AND PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:1807:18, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →2000s: COMMAS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 07:1607:16, 28 November 2010 diff hist 0 Bret Michaels →1980s – 1990s: COMMAS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE

22 November 2010

• 18:0018:00, 22 November 2010 diff hist 0 Roger Clemens →Accusations of steroid use: COMMAS AND PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE

20 November 2010

• 21:4021:40, 20 November 2010 diff hist +1 Rural Utilities Service →History: GENITIVE BEFORE GERUND
• 18:0518:05, 20 November 2010 diff hist +1 Patricia Routledge →Theatre: COMMA NEEDED FOR THIS NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE
• 17:5717:57, 20 November 2010 diff hist 0 Milwaukee →Climate: COMMAS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 17:5517:55, 20 November 2010 diff hist 0 Milwaukee →Climate: PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 17:5317:53, 20 November 2010 diff hist 0 Milwaukee →History: PERIODS TO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 17:5117:51, 20 November 2010 diff hist 0 Madison, Wisconsin →Railways: PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE
• 05:0305:03, 20 November 2010 diff hist 0 Grand Rapids, Michigan →History: CLOSING PERIODS GO INSIDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN U.S. USAGE

19 November 2010

• 07:3607:36, 19 November 2010 diff hist 0 Frank Sturgis →Alleged JFK assassination connections: PERIODS AND COMMAS PRECEDE CLOSING QUOTATIONS MARKS IN US USAGE
• 06:5506:55, 19 November 2010 diff hist 0 American Airlines Flight 77 →Remains: PERIODS PRECEDE CLOSING QUOTATION MARKS IN US USAGE
• 06:5206:52, 19 November 2010 diff hist −1 American Airlines Flight 77 →Hijacking: COMMA UNNECESSARY
• 06:4906:49, 19 November 2010 diff hist −1 American Airlines Flight 77 →Boarding
• 06:4706:47, 19 November 2010 diff hist +1 American Airlines Flight 77 →Hijackers: COMMA UNNECESSARY
• 06:4606:46, 19 November 2010 diff hist −1 American Airlines Flight 77 →Hijackers: COMMA UNNECESSARY
• 06:4506:45, 19 November 2010 diff hist 0 American Airlines Flight 77 →Hijackers
• 06:4306:43, 19 November 2010 diff hist −1 American Airlines Flight 77 →Hijackers: COMMA UNNECESSARY
• 06:1906:19, 19 November 2010 diff hist +2 United Airlines Flight 93 →Revolt: NEED GENITIVE BEFORE GERUND
• 06:0306:03, 19 November 2010 diff hist −1 Richard Reid →Alleged role in the September 11 attacks
• 06:0106:01, 19 November 2010 diff hist 0 Richard Reid →Legal proceedings and sentencing

5 November 2010

• 00:5200:52, 5 November 2010 diff hist +3 USS Mount Hood (AE-11) →Disaster

4 November 2010

• 03:0503:05, 4 November 2010 diff hist +4 Oxford Circus fire →Evacuation: NUMBERS SHOULD BE SPELLED OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE.

14 April 2009

• 03:2403:24, 14 April 2009 diff hist 0 m Dianne Feinstein No edit summary

18 January 2009

• 19:4719:47, 18 January 2009 diff hist −7 Kalama Middle/High School No edit summary

9 November 2008

• 01:4101:41, 9 November 2008 diff hist −2 Murder of Jacob Wetterling No edit summary

26 October 2008

• 17:4817:48, 26 October 2008 diff hist −1 Johann Pachelbel No edit summary

19 October 2008

• 06:3806:38, 19 October 2008 diff hist −5 Abandoned child syndrome fixed faulty parallelism in the first paragraph

4 October 2008

• 08:0508:05, 4 October 2008 diff hist 0 Montessori education corrected accent to a`

28 September 2008

• 20:1720:17, 28 September 2008 diff hist +1 Second Vatican Council This is a non-restrictive clause and requires a comma. bjb
• 20:1120:11, 28 September 2008 diff hist 0 Second Vatican Council Numerals are not acceptable to start a sentence, so I changed the period to a semicolon.

25 September 2008

• 08:1808:18, 25 September 2008 diff hist +132 SC SC is hard to find because it is particular to Wisconsin. This addition will people trying to find the meaning of this abbreviation.

23 September 2008

• 18:3518:35, 23 September 2008 diff hist +8 Magnificat Restored circumflex accent in τῆς --line 3
• 18:2518:25, 23 September 2008 diff hist −7 Magnificat I corrected τῆς on line 3. It lacked the circumflex accent, which I have now restored. See: http://www.zhubert.com/bible?book=Luke&chapter=1&verse=48&endbook=Luke&endchapter=1&endverse=48&reading=true