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M.A.R.

Sep 9, 2020 20:19

Good night

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Cardinal

Jan 28, 2018 07:19

Word of the day: insouciance

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G Warner

Aug 28, 2020 01:22

@EddieKal I want a time traveling browser too! Who knew the internet existed 170 years ago!

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M.A.R.

Aug 26, 2020 08:47

You'rewelllllllllllllllllccccccoooooommmmmmmmmmmmmme

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ColleenV

Aug 17, 2020 16:00

And I'm no fucking prude either ;)

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ColleenV

Aug 17, 2020 16:00

Vulgarity is unwelcoming

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ColleenV

Aug 17, 2020 02:09

And not every user with a new account is new

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Kaspar

Mar 23, 2019 14:27

I have no idea why some weird things are starred in this chat.

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CowperKettle

Mar 8, 2019 03:47

> Today is the International Women's Day, but that does not mean that the borscht will cook itself.

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ColleenV

Jul 29, 2020 21:38

There is one person I forgive for posting screenshots of text - the Victorian Humor twitter account: twitter.com/victorianhumour

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Anonymous

Feb 23, 2019 21:54

All English modal auxiliaries are polysemous.

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Catija

Sep 18, 2016 19:31

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CowperKettle

Jul 23, 2020 08:53

What's the opposite of isolate? Yousoearly.

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ColleenV

Feb 20, 2019 02:37

@SamBC If the down-vote is unexplained, and I’m happy that my answer is well-written and supported, I like to make up own stories for how the DV happened. It could be a series of coincidences, secret messages being passed, or just someone having a bad day if I’m feeling uncreative.

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ColleenV

Jul 21, 2020 16:04

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ColleenV

Jul 19, 2020 03:31

@CowperKettle One of my favorite childhood books... How to eat fried worms

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userr2684291

Feb 13, 2019 19:25

The best thing one can do when speaking or learning to speak a foreign language is to try to sound like its native speakers, definitionally. I wouldn't deviate from that if I were you. Even if for were possible, given that you can't cite a single reliable source that uses it that way, it's best to stick to the most common choice of word.

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M.A.R.

Jul 16, 2020 17:04

@CowperKettle Scientists are really good at helping people with disorders. They're not so good at helping people without disorders.

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Anonymous

Feb 11, 2019 13:29

Word of the day: sliding scale

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M.A.R.

Jul 15, 2020 09:04

A hobby, a novel, something.

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userr2684291

Feb 6, 2019 15:16

Word of the day: variegated

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Anonymous

Jan 31, 2019 20:50

I don’t care who writes answers. I just want them to be good answers.

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SmokeDetector

Jan 31, 2019 13:22

> buy a car if you got driver's license

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Anonymous

Oct 17, 2017 11:40

Good morning, Language Overflowers!

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CowperKettle

Jul 3, 2020 05:33

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userr2684291

Jan 25, 2019 22:51

Word of the day: the haves and have-nots

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Jan 24, 2019 19:40

Word of the day: allograft

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userr2684291

Jan 22, 2019 10:10

Word of the day: barbigerous

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AIQ

Jun 29, 2020 16:08

Learnt a new word, one that is a mouthful: regurgitate If you regurgitate facts, you just repeat what you have heard without thinking about it

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AIQ

Jun 26, 2020 16:45

Anyways, I have seen some people act all bossy because they think being native speakers make them superior - English is just a language ... just because I asked a question in ELL does not mean I am a 3 year old who does not understand people's attitude and remarks ...

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M.A.R.

Jun 25, 2020 00:18

@parvin Hi! Ask, don't ask to ask

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M.A.R.

Jun 23, 2020 17:04

What I vividly remember about an Earthquake was when I was 15 and my brother was 9, we had a crappy home back then that shook scarily. So this quake comes and I'm all panic (mom and dad are away and we're in a neighbor's house) and I run and grab a door for that famous Earthquake "safe" stance, and my little brother was playing with a toy car like nothing happened, making car noises and all attention to his toy

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CowperKettle

Jan 12, 2019 11:17

Word of the evening: nothingburger

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CowperKettle

Jun 20, 2020 06:11

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AIQ

Jun 18, 2020 05:22

Learnt a new word: recalcitrant

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Martin Sleziak

Jun 16, 2020 14:05

English Language Learners was migrated to CommonMark: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348746/…

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Eddie Kal

Jun 13, 2020 04:13

> Almost never. Comments have no publicly visible revision history (the changes are logged in case of abuse, but these are only visible to moderators). Therefore, it is critical that moderator edits do not misrepresent the author's meaning or intentions.

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Eddie Kal

Jun 13, 2020 04:12

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A: A guide to moderating comments

When should moderators edit comments? Almost never. Comments have no publicly visible revision history (the changes are logged in case of abuse, but these are only visible to moderators). Therefore, it is critical that moderator edits do not misrepresent the author's meaning or intentions. Edits...

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Eddie Kal

Jun 13, 2020 04:12

> When should moderators edit comments?

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M.A.R.

Jun 11, 2020 14:01

@AIQ Most won't. The few that do make all the difference. Be the man of the long journey ;)

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Anonymous

Dec 26, 2018 09:15

Word of the day: skepsis

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M.A.R.

Jun 9, 2020 13:34

Word of the day: Consanguinity

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V.V.

Dec 25, 2018 13:42

Just came to wish you, people, Merry Christmas. Hope you are all ok.

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userr2684291

Sep 6, 2017 21:59

Word of the day: lionize

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ColleenV

Jun 8, 2020 18:13

@CowperKettle Hot flashes cause flushed faces.

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userr2684291

Dec 24, 2018 16:14

Expression of the day: horses for courses (AusE, BrE)

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M.A.R.

Jun 8, 2020 01:57

Be indirect, but not vague. "I would appreciate it if you did not answer questions not deemed high quality by the community so as not to encourage more of them in the future. Some link"

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Anonymous

Jun 25, 2016 13:33

My snails had snailets! :-)

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M.A.R.

Jun 6, 2020 09:57

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A: Is it true that English has no future tense?

Short answer: Yes, of course English has future tense ... for everyone except the most technical, and for them it doesn't have a future tense because they define "have a tense" in a non-intuitive way. So you can go ahead and say confidently that English has future tense. Longer answer: Most eve...

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M.A.R.

Jun 4, 2020 17:13

in English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room, 5 hours ago, by Robusto

Antidepressant or Tolkien character? You be the judge.

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