User:ulflarsen
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I am Ulf Larsen, Norwegian, and currently living in Oslo, Norway, and working on a local coastal ferry.
I have a background in the merchant marine, and I have also been in the Royal Norwegian Navy. I have served with the UN peace keeping forces in Somalia and Bosnia, and later with NATO in Bosnia. I have also had one year as a naval monitor with the SLMM in Sri Lanka.
I find Wikipedia interesting, and try to contribute whenever its possible. My contributions are varied, as my interests. In case of heavy discussions I will usually just continue with another article, life is too short to waste in petty quarrels.
Important resources: Policies, NPOV, Style, Wikipedia:Press Kit
Here are a few good links for newcomers:
Some help for the English language, for Norwegians
- Language and Communication by Per Lysvåg ({{ISBN|978-82-03-33711-6}}, 2008); it is directed at Norwegian Upper Secondary schools, but it gives some very useful advise on the syntax, grammar and vocabulary of the English language. See its [http://www.tanum.no/tanum/product/product-detail.action?id=9788203337116 entry at Tanum]; he has written [http://www.tanum.no/tanum/person/author-detail.action?authorId=sek:person:name:Lysv%C3%A5g,%20Per quite a few] books on English grammar, though I have only read Language and Communication.
- User:Tony1's exercises on good writing, esp. User:Tony1/How to improve your writing and User:Tony1/Noun plus -ing.
- [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm The Internet Grammar of English] – it assumes no prior knowledge of (English) grammar, and is very accessible.
- English Grammar at Wikibooks; extremely lay-friendly.
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