This user has a Master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and is retired after teaching E.S.L./E.F.L. for many years. She enjoys reading Wikipedia articles, learning as she reads, and correcting errors in syntax, verb tenses, verb forms, word usage, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. She works carefully to make sentences clear and concise, flow smoothly, and make sense, while not changing the intended meaning. She is interested in history, geography, paleontology, archaeology, geology, mineralogy, plants, animals, ecology, astronomy, crafts, linguistics, and literature. This user knows several languages with varying degrees of fluency.
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The Barnstar of Diligence
For your advices on grammar, and the incredible kind way you offer it! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:16, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
For helping resolve a conflict between myself, Til, Christina and others that occupied the better part of our day! Λuα(Operibus anteire) 00:47, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 23:37, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Bonus star
The Original Barnstar
And this is the real stuff! Hafspajen (talk) 17:45, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your immaculate copy-editing. Rothorpe (talk) 13:33, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
Precious
teaching English to speakers of other languages
Thank you for quality collaborative contributions to articles such as Cucurbita, teaching English to speakers of other languages, achieving to make "sentences clear and concise, flow smoothly, and make sense", for exquisite edit summaries, for a bounty of inspiration on your user page full of colourful and peaceful images, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
A hearty THANK YOU for a SUPERB job on copy editing Cucurbita while some of us are trying to get it to featured status! HalfGigtalk 00:01, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
The Teamwork Barnstar is awarded when several editors work together to improve an article. Thanks for your edits! Hafspajen (talk) 07:44, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
CorinneSD, I hereby award you The Copyeditor's Barnstar for your extraordinary copyedits of Flag of West Virginia and John Collins Covell. It was a sincere privilege to have you undertake these copyedits of two my articles, and I'm greatly appreciative of your hard work! Thank you for your continued contributions to ensuring and improving upon the quality of Wikipedia's content. -- West Virginian (talk) 04:22, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Oh, and this is a little belated, but it's better late than never! Thank you again for your outstanding copyedits! -- West Virginian (talk) 16:17, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
teaching English to speakers of other languages
Thank you for quality collaborative contributions to articles such as Cucurbita, teaching English to speakers of other languages, achieving to make "sentences clear and concise, flow smoothly, and make sense", for exquisite edit summaries, for a bounty of inspiration on your user page full of colourful and peaceful images, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
A year ago, you were recipient no. 1032 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Gerda Arendt Thank you so much, Gerda! You cheered me up. Your recognition and praise mean a lot to me. Thank you for thinking of me. I hope you are well and enjoying the fall. Best regards, Corinne (talk) 16:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Awarded to: Corinne In Special Appreciation and Thanks - for recent edits and needed corrections improving articles on several members of the Hemingway family. --- Professor JR (talk) 12:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thank you for improving the article on Jainism:) Nimit (talk) 15:48, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for the help and suggestions. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you for your spot-on efforts to copy edit the Planned Parenthood article directly resulting in its promotion to Good Article status. {{u|Checkingfax}}{Talk} 04:37, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
For your contributions to bring Planned Parenthood (estimated annual readership: 1,793,486) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! {{u|Checkingfax}}{Talk} 04:38, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
To Corinne for copyediting Elmer McCollum. Finally Wikipedia has a good biography for him. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:32, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
Editor of the Week [20 August 2016]
Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for exceptional copyediting. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)
The Civility Barnstar
Exceptionally graceful in moments of potential conflict -- a model of proper civility on Wikipedia. Jasphetamine (talk) 03:17, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thank you very much for such an amazing copy-editing on the mallard! Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:02, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Thank you very much for your fine ce and great (really cool) catch on Columbidae. You must have really put in great effort, and this is for you! Adityavagarwal (talk) 10:48, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
A nice cup of tea
Thank-you so much for your copy edit of Danzig Street shooting, your detailed notes, and your patient discussion of the article. It helped me a lot to talk it over with such a talented editor. I hope you still enjoy tea. Much thanks. – Reidgreg (talk) 22:17, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
For copyediting and helping me to correct Tauqeer Raza Khan article. RRD (talk) 10:48, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
For being there
Our Thanksgiving: we are thankful for Corinne. {{u|Checkingfax}}{Talk} 03:50, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thanks a lot for the work on Burebista! Codrin.B (talk) 13:06, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thank you for your review of the Buck Ruxton article, Corinne, and your modification/insertion to the talk page. I find populating articles of this nature (and other topics) so rewarding. All the best to you.Kieronoldham (talk) 01:45, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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