@Mitch I know it's a "supposedly" good thing but I think the swiftness of answers that merely suffice and persuade is perhaps contrary to the goal of being a long term archive of convincingly great answers. Since the highly voted answers sort to the top, a potentially better answer might not even be read, and that's assuming it even has enough extra information to be considered sufficiently unique to post.
I almost wish there was a waiting period before answers were ready for seeing and voting, until perhaps a day after the question was asked. That way people could pick which of several answers that were very similar merely by means of happenstance was the best version. That's much too inconvenient for our questioners though and everybody's interest in the question would have decreased by too much by then.
@tchrist I suppose I don't entirely understand myself anymore, but I think the reason I chose were instead of are is because if my understanding is correct the subjunctive mood is often indicated by past tense language and technically I'm talking about a hypothetical scenario, since this system is not implemented current S.E. mechanic.
@tchrist We're looking at two different parts of the message. I figured you were questioning this: "That way people could pick which of several answers that were ..."
guys, guys .. I have a interview date (to be hired as a PHP programmer) .. Please share me your experiences. I mean - what questions they ask? - What kind of clothing should I wear? - Should I talk quickly or slowly? - Should I just say "hello" or also do a hand shaking?
I'd help but as I've only ever had one job, I don't have any personal experience with the matter. Part of the conventions I do know are also variable dependent. How well is your interviewer going to dress for instance?
Oh no, it was definitely dog washing. I assisted a proper groomer for some number of years. I was washing and drying 21 dogs a day at some point. Most of them were smaller breeds, like the Bichon Frise and Shih Tsu, but I always had a few of the larger ones on my schedule too.
@Tonepoet wow .. you know, having a dog is banned in my country .. and walking with them in the streets is illegal in here. That's why your job seems odd for me
I'd rather not say the exact amount. It wasn't very much. If I had learned how to properly trim their hair, I could've been making very good commissions though I think, based upon the pay-stubs that were thrown away. People in western cultures love their pets, and will pay a premium to have them cared for properly and looking nice.
Oh certainly. In English there's a saying that Dog is Man's Best Friend. I'm well aware that things are very different in the middle east though, due to some edict of Islam. I forget exactly what that was though.
Two days ago I went for my customary constitutional in the nearby hills and a dog, fairly big, accompanied me all the way. I only had a chocolate candy, which he happily shared with me.
In the end I didn't know what to do to make hem go and leave me but some gentle gesturing. I think he understood but he kept coming back to me. Finally I took a cab and he ran behind it for a moment and then gave up.
I felt kinda bad, as I do for some clingy people I have to bid farewell to at some point.
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> Last I saw him, he was in Germany.
Is this last an adverb of time? Isn't there an omitted when hiding behind it?
And some say it's best to avoid assuming deleted words as far as possible. It challenges the whole point of my question, unless it really feels like you're leaving some words out.
@Færd In the future, please be aware that chocolate is toxic for dogs.
But a similar thing happened to me once with a cat. it followed me around for a while and I strongly considered keeping it. Then I thought "there will be cat hair in my Lego" and that was the end of that.
@Færd yeah it's probably not serious but it should be avoided, especially in quantity, plus dogs will develop a taste for it and seek it out if you give it to them.
my parents' dog was a food-stealing ninja; my dad put a chocolate-dipped donut on a plate, turned to get his coffee mug, and when he turned back the donut was gone. The dog was across the room and had eaten the whole thing, leaving nary a crumb, before my dad could reach him.
@Færd well, not allergic, but it's toxic for all dogs
> In large enough amounts, chocolate and cocoa products can kill your dog. The toxic component of chocolate is theobromine. Humans easily metabolize theobromine, but dogs process it much more slowly, allowing it to build up to toxic levels in their system
TL;DR: We certainly don't need it. It has no point.
It's a meta tag, one of the bad ones
It is irrelevant to the question if my own Sprachgefühl, Microsoft Word, the editor of my novel, a teacher or the pattern answer of some certificate or English test triggers my concern about a sentence or w...
Only remembering stuff from the future makes conversations really strange. The only way to know if you already asked a question is to use that gift to find out if asking would result in a puzzled face.
That totally breaks the causality-continuum.
Also, you should totally write your memoirs. If you forget the now, you can always read up on it in the future, to remember it now.
Don't know how you would write them though, since you don't know anything about what has happened.
I can tell you that we shouldn't do too many tag edits at one time.
Also I can tell you that I have a nebulous diatribe about tags coming on...wait...no, I think I will be distracted by that lamp falli... dang it, gotta clean up.
I don't know...seeing these old dumb questions makes me want to delete them, but then I think, where else would one ask?
TL;DR: We certainly don't need it. It has no point.
It's a meta tag, one of the bad ones
It is irrelevant to the question if my own Sprachgefühl, Microsoft Word, the editor of my novel, a teacher or the pattern answer of some certificate or English test triggers my concern about a sentence or w...
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…