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Mike Pope
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I'm a technical editor and occasional technical writer in the software industry. I speak American English natively and have formally studied German and Spanish. Although in my role as editor I assiduously police Standard Written English, I am by disposition a firm believer in the descriptivist approach to usage.

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Are "might" and "should" past tenses of "may" and "shall", respectively?
Oct 7, 2010
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Rule for using "for" vs. "to"
Oct 19, 2010
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What does "all the more" mean and how is it used?
Oct 7, 2010
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Use "whom" in emails?
Oct 6, 2010
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XXIII, neither IIIXX nor XIIIX, represents 23. Is it correct grammar?
Oct 13, 2010
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What usage arguments are persuasive?
Oct 6, 2010
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Plural name apostrophe position
Oct 19, 2010
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Why do you suck at XYZ?
Oct 21, 2010
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Using 'stuck' as a verb
Oct 11, 2010
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How can I set the background color of <option> in a <select> element?