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03:01

Q: How to identify character names in a body of text?

I'm trying to research methods of identifying or pattern matching names of characters in a novel or a general body of text, but so far my search has been unsuccessful, since "character" refers to those of the alphabet in context with "pattern match". Some ideas I've had: Find any set of repeate...

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Otavio Macedo

10:46

@Cerberus download complete \o/

Thank you very much

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11:12

Q: How usual is it for languages to have both prepositions and postpositions?

It has seemed to me (though I might be wrong) that languages usually take either prepositions (English, German, Spanish) or postpositions (Japanese, Hungarian, Turkish). (Yes I know sometimes a different term is used as for Chinese but those come before the noun like in English). But I've notice...

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Cerberus

12:09

@OtavioMacedo Well done!

David Wallace

Why do new questions appear as comments in this room?

Cerberus

Comments? Just "in-line questions".

Every room has the option to have that.

David Wallace

Potato potato.

David Wallace

12:29

@Cerberus Not when referring to a computer program, I believe.

Q: Correct spelling of "program"

I mostly have exposure to American English online. I am currently writing out a resume and need some help. In Australia, in general, we write programme to mean a schedule or community programme. However with computer studies I'm inclined to write program to mean a computer program rather than t...