User contributions for 76.240.25.163

12 July 2020

• 20:5120:51, 12 July 2020 diff hist −2‎ Ktiv hasar niqqud ‎ The diacritical marks added to Hebrew texts are referred to, in English, as 'vowel points', not 'vowel pointers'. cf. punctuate

5 July 2020

• 17:2517:25, 5 July 2020 diff hist 0‎ Hebrew language ‎ →‎Morphology: Corrected typo of 'trilateral' to 'triliteral'. (not three sides but three letters)

1 July 2020

• 22:1722:17, 1 July 2020 diff hist +1‎ Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès ‎ →‎Biography: The French version of the title has a grave accent on the 'e' of the city name: Abrantès. Many English writers simply omit most diacritical marks.
• 22:0322:03, 1 July 2020 diff hist 0‎ Honoré de Balzac ‎ →‎Early life: Removed hyphen from 'wet-nurses'. The noun is 'wet nurse', the related verb is 'to wet-nurse
• 21:4521:45, 1 July 2020 diff hist +5‎ Georges-Eugène Haussmann ‎ →‎Origins and early career: Corrected minor grammar error and added missing circumflex to Hôtel.

12 June 2020

• 14:4214:42, 12 June 2020 diff hist −1‎ Harold J. Berman ‎ →‎Career: Removed an extraneous apostrophe

14 January 2020

• 09:1809:18, 14 January 2020 diff hist +1‎ Ivory (soap) ‎ →‎In popular culture: Added an apostrophe to indicate a plural possessive (engineers' opinion ...)

26 August 2019

• 16:1016:10, 26 August 2019 diff hist +2‎ Commentarii de Bello Gallico ‎ →‎The Germanic peoples: surely, 'forest full of ox with horns ...' should be 'forest full of oxen with horns ...'
• 16:0016:00, 26 August 2019 diff hist +1‎ Vercingetorix ‎ correct Avernian to Arvernian as the adjective denoting tribal membership.

31 January 2019

• 08:3708:37, 31 January 2019 diff hist 0‎ Karl Luick ‎ The Latin expression 'de facto' is not written with a hyphen.

17 January 2019

• 04:0504:05, 17 January 2019 diff hist 0‎ Cirth ‎ →‎Other Middle-Earth runes: Corrected 'Middle-Earth' to 'Middle-earth', the spelling used by Tolkien.
• 03:5903:59, 17 January 2019 diff hist 0‎ Cirth ‎ →‎Notes on Angerthas Moria: Corrected 'a reversible cirth' to 'a reversible certh'. 'cirth' is a plural, but this sentence requires a singular word.
• 03:5603:56, 17 January 2019 diff hist −1‎ Cirth ‎ →‎Notes on Angerthas Moria: Corrected the typo 'These cirth where' to 'These cirth were'.
• 03:5403:54, 17 January 2019 diff hist −5‎ Cirth ‎ →‎Notes on Angerthas Moria: Changed 'This sign is to denote' to 'This sign denotes', a much clearer expression.
• 03:4703:47, 17 January 2019 diff hist +3‎ Cirth ‎ →‎Certhas Daeron: "another information" is ungrammatical. Changed to

25 December 2018

• 23:4823:48, 25 December 2018 diff hist +1‎ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ‎ →‎Legacy: Corrected 'it' to 'its'.

26 November 2018

• 04:5704:57, 26 November 2018 diff hist +3‎ Richard Long (actor) ‎ →‎Television: 'supporting role', not 'support role'
• 04:5604:56, 26 November 2018 diff hist +5‎ Richard Long (actor) ‎ →‎Tom Kettle and Universal Pictures: corrected several grammatical mistakes

8 November 2018

• 08:5108:51, 8 November 2018 diff hist −1‎ Landau (carriage) ‎ The word 'forerunner' is not written with a hyphen.

26 October 2018

• 13:1113:11, 26 October 2018 diff hist +5‎ Enterovirus ‎ →‎Coxsackie and echovirus: The pericardium is a sac surrounding (peri-) the heart, not lining it.

14 October 2018

• 19:4319:43, 14 October 2018 diff hist 0‎ Denis Jean Achille Luchaire ‎ →‎Assessment: Corrected typo: "Achilie" -> "Achille"

7 August 2018

• 00:2300:23, 7 August 2018 diff hist +16‎ Elmwood Park, Illinois ‎ →‎History: Clean up syntax, some wording, and lots of inappropriate capitalization.

6 August 2018

• 21:0621:06, 6 August 2018 diff hist −3‎ Wayne and Shuster ‎ →‎Beginnings: Removed extraneous "at".

28 July 2018

• 08:1708:17, 28 July 2018 diff hist −1‎ Maurice Grammont ‎ →‎Selected works: The French word 'grec' refers to the Greek language. 'Grèce' is the French word for Greece.

30 June 2018

• 10:5610:56, 30 June 2018 diff hist −1‎ Fort Lee, New Jersey ‎ →‎America's first motion picture industry: Removed extraneous comma.

11 May 2018

• 04:0304:03, 11 May 2018 diff hist 0‎ John Francis Campbell ‎ Fixed typo of "Campbells'" to "Campbell's"

16 April 2018

• 20:5020:50, 16 April 2018 diff hist 0‎ Frank Norris ‎ →‎Legacy: "in-between" is an adjective or noun, "in between" is used as a preposition or adverb. The spurious hyphen has been removed.

6 April 2018

• 20:0720:07, 6 April 2018 diff hist 0‎ Leila Hyams ‎ →‎Early life: The prepositional phrase "on stage" is not written with a hyphen.

1 April 2018

• 20:1020:10, 1 April 2018 diff hist 0‎ Albert Stanburrough Cook ‎ →‎Books: "The Phonological Investigation of Old English" was first published in 1888, not 1889. There was another printing in 1889.

25 March 2018

• 11:2911:29, 25 March 2018 diff hist +1‎ Cynewulf ‎ →‎Dialect: Corrected "i.e." to "e.g.". E.g. is short for the Latin "exempli gratia", meaning "for the sake of example". I.e. is short for the Latin "id est", meaning "that is", used to restate the previous point in another way.

21 March 2018

• 12:2512:25, 21 March 2018 diff hist +1‎ Turtles all the way down ‎ →‎Background in Hindu mythology: added missing apostrophe in "Elephants' feet (plural possessive)

6 March 2018

• 10:3210:32, 6 March 2018 diff hist 0‎ Herbert Marshall ‎ →‎Later years and death: Changed "filled-in" to "filled in". Forms of phrasal verbs, such as "to fill in", are never written with hyphens.

4 February 2018

• 21:4321:43, 4 February 2018 diff hist −1‎ Discalced Carmelites ‎ →‎Background: Removed extraneous hyphen from 'life-style'. Although occasionally used, it is most common to omit the hyphen.

15 January 2018

• 07:4507:45, 15 January 2018 diff hist 0‎ Paul Passy ‎ →‎Early life: Corrected typo of "Pasty" to "Passy".

3 December 2017

• 21:3121:31, 3 December 2017 diff hist −1‎ Feu Mathias Pascal ‎ →‎Background: Corrected 'plural

26 September 2017

• 19:2519:25, 26 September 2017 diff hist +5‎ Vi (text editor) ‎ →‎Distribution: Corrected spelling and added diacritics to borrowed foreign words, and corrected "its" to "it's".

10 September 2017

• 08:5508:55, 10 September 2017 diff hist −1‎ Theophrastus ‎ →‎Writings: Change Περὶ πυρὸς to Περὶ πυρóς (a grave accent is used on the last syllable only when followed by another word, without an intervening mark of punctuation)

16 July 2017

• 16:5516:55, 16 July 2017 diff hist +4‎ YAML ‎ →‎Implementation idiosyncrasies: Changed "en-masse" to "en masse", a borrowing from French.
• 16:5216:52, 16 July 2017 diff hist −1‎ YAML ‎ →‎Practical considerations: Changed the sole instance of "mark-up" to "markup" so as be consistent.

10 July 2017

• 12:5912:59, 10 July 2017 diff hist −4‎ P. J. Plauger ‎ not "the Michigan State University" but simply "Michigan State University"

9 July 2017

• 10:3310:33, 9 July 2017 diff hist +3‎ Joe Pasternak ‎ →‎In the United States: Added missing "as" in the expression "was regarded as".
• 10:3110:31, 9 July 2017 diff hist 0‎ Joe Pasternak ‎ →‎In the United States: changed a mid-sentence period to a comma.
• 10:1610:16, 9 July 2017 diff hist −3‎ Șimleu Silvaniei ‎ →‎Middle Ages: regularized "Voivod" to "voivode" (roughly 'governor'), matching the other use here. Also, deleted an unnecessary "the".

31 March 2017

• 02:2802:28, 31 March 2017 diff hist −5‎ Jerry Bresler (film producer) ‎ Deleted duplicate word "Best Best Short Subject" --> "Best Short Subject".

9 December 2016

• 08:5808:58, 9 December 2016 diff hist +1‎ The Farmer's Daughter (TV series) ‎ →‎Overview: replace "shows" with "show's" (somebody cannot write a possessive correctly)

19 October 2016

• 10:1610:16, 19 October 2016 diff hist +2‎ Edward Payson Roe ‎ →‎Writings: Added in missing apostrophes in some of the titles.

28 August 2016

• 08:2708:27, 28 August 2016 diff hist −1‎ Agnes de Mille ‎ →‎Career: Corrected "it's" to "its". The form "it's
• 06:0706:07, 28 August 2016 diff hist −1‎ Hollywood (British TV series) ‎ →‎Synopsis: Remove an extraneous hyphen
• 06:0606:06, 28 August 2016 diff hist −1‎ Hollywood (British TV series) ‎ →‎Episode list: Remove an extraneous hyphen

20 August 2016

• 15:2015:20, 20 August 2016 diff hist 0‎ Deanna Durbin ‎ Removed an extraneous hyphen.