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inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

10:00

@jimsug A noun phrase is a grammatical argument.

jimsug

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M A grammatical argument is pretentious.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@jimsug Pretentious is delicious.

Damkerng T.

2 is an interesting sentence now! Could be marginal.

jimsug

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M ∴ 1 is delicious

Damkerng T.

Let's try my simpler example:

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

10:02

@jimsug Agreed. Let's have some one.

Damkerng T.

> Improving this house is what I'm doing.

I think that's perfectly natural.

jimsug

I think the point of it is that as a pro-verb, doing stands for another verb phrase.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

More like artificial.

Damkerng T.

But it doesn't mean that it says, "I'm doing ?improving this house."

@jimsug nods

jimsug

> I'm _doing_ **what**?
I'm _improving_ **this house**.

Damkerng T.

10:04

Ugh! I think formatting only works for one-liners.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

BTW guys I noticed my Area51 username hasn't changed.

jimsug

@DamkerngT. yeah but it's too late to separate them now :/

Damkerng T.

@jimsug Sadly!

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Hope you will use a normal spelling soon.

jimsug

@DamkerngT. I could always edit your message to make it one-lined :P

Damkerng T.

@jimsug Oh! I see! :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

10:06

@DamkerngT. Is that some kinda death wish?

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Just a hope! -- Why you little!

jimsug

@DamkerngT. But you know, that would be mod abuse, and I don't abuse mods. Wait.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@jimsug That's what they all say.

Damkerng T.

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Q: I have always been pushing vs. I have always pushed?

A mother and a daughter are talking about studies. Then the mother says that the daughter has just got well in the exams because this: "But that's only because I have always pushed you to do something." (Sentence 1) The year is not finished yet and the daughter is still on school. If the imp...

Smelling something intricate...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Check the oven.

Damkerng T.

10:18

As always, StoneyB pointed out the subtle detail nicely.

> Note that this is an experiential perfect, not a resultative perfect

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

That dude "rock"S.

Damkerng T.

I guess some readers/learners might've read it as a resultative perfect.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I think I read it as a sentence.

Damkerng T.

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A: I have always been pushing vs. I have always pushed?

Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous We use the present perfect continuous form for an action in progress and, the simple form for a completed action. — I've been learning Russian, but I can't speak it well. — I've learnt a new piece on the piano. I can play i...

This one is blatantly wrong, imho.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Why? (Haven't read it yet)

Damkerng T.

10:21

Because it says, if I'm not mistaken, we have to use the continuous form.

That is, But that's only because I have always been pushing you to do something.

Implication: But that's only because I have always pushed you to do something is incorrect.

And that makes the answer incorrect, imho.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

You have to comment, imho.

Damkerng T.

I'm not confident confident.

Also commenting could generate lots of work.

13 hours ago, by Damkerng T.

Note to self: What is a 'commenting hazard'?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

A commenting hazard is something I eat three meals a day at meta.SE.

Damkerng T.

This is a Q&A site. It's not a lets-correct-answers-by-commenting site.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Haha!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I'm looking for the edit revision of the day.

Damkerng T.

10:35

@Ahmad We've been discussing your answer a bit here. So I think it's only fair to give you temporary access to the room. -- Please wait.

Welcome to the room, @Ahmad.

o/

Ahmad

Thank you

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hullo @Ahmad! Welcome to the room!

jimsug

It was a tricky question admittedly. As in, I wasn't sure how to work it out at first :/

Ahmad

Actually if this room is private I can discuss on other rooms, I am just not familiar with the chat room systems

Damkerng T.

(Actually, I just got disconnected from the Internet for a few minutes.)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

10:37

@jimsug You're winking with a slash mouth?

Ahmad

@jimsug Which question? designing....?

jimsug

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I don't know what you're talking about :|

Damkerng T.

@Ahmad It is. But if you're keen to talk about language. This room is for you. ;-)

Ahmad

Sure, that is my purpose, then how long!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@jimsug Me neither.

Damkerng T.

10:38

@Ahmad As long as you want, then. :-)

Ahmad

Actually we had two discussion, one with Mr. Ramazani about using "The"

jimsug

@Ahmad All rooms are publicly viewable by default, and anyone can talk in them. At 1000 network reputation you can create gallery rooms, where only users you have given permission can talk in the room. However, these rooms are still public and anyone can read the content of them.

Damkerng T.

nods -- That's why SE adopted the term "gallery" rather than "private". (The information is for Ahmad.)

Ahmad

and one with Jimsug about that "Designing a website...

Damkerng T.

Which one would you like to discuss first? @Ahmad

Ahmad

10:40

Maybe "the"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I for one think @Ahmad is going to be a constructive member of our community.

Damkerng T.

I think I may need the link to that question.

Ahmad

as it is in ell.stackexchange.com/questions/63509/…

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M wow, thank you, I hope such

I will back soon, wife is calling

Damkerng T.

@Ahmad Okay! See you soon!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

TTYL!

Damkerng T.

10:42

I think it was about the vs. a in For the first few weeks after I'd started to work on the new project, I made a lot of mistakes.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yes.

Damkerng T.

That would be highly context dependent, imho.

Or as snailboat said,

yesterday, by snailboat

Well, part of the universe of discourse shared by speaker and listener.

Why didn't I star that?!

Ahmad

Sorry, I am now back

Damkerng T.

It looks like my internet connection is not very stable, perhaps due to the rain.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Comment of the day:

Deep down, I think we all knew that eventually, the decision to go with a color-blind designer would come back to bite us. — Jaydles ♦ Dec 16 '13 at 19:32

Damkerng T.

10:45

@Ahmad I posted a bit of my idea above.

Ahmad

I just asked, one may can't start that sentence with an stranger in street

Damkerng T.

@Ahmad Normally, we wouldn't do that. But it's possible if it makes sense in the context.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I remember that hat!

Ahmad

long time ago, also I asked about the role of adjectives for definate articles

other replied there is no role

Damkerng T.

Could you give us an example?

Ahmad

What can make the project specfic? could it be "new"

the new project not any other project?! for example

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

10:49

@Ahmad Language is flexible.

Damkerng T.

If both the speaker and the listener know what project they're talking about, it's okay to use the.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Crappy translation of the day:

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's upboaten in any language. :P

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. And you wonder what that really means?

Ahmad

I know, and for that reason I said it is not a proper way to say this to a stranger, and using article "a" would be more proper

Damkerng T.

10:51

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Nope. In Japanese, "v" is pronounced /b/. :D

Ahmad

@DamkerngT. you are Japanese?!

Damkerng T.

@Ahmad No. I'm Thai.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

in g-block elements, 2 mins ago, by Martin - マーチン

it just means, upvote first - read later

@Ahmad But a lot of people will use the. Because the project is known to them.

Language is human.

Ahmad

Then what about the hearer?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Sometimes, you want the hearer to say what project?

Ahmad

10:53

Actually just my main question is if I can start such sentence without any context or not

Damkerng T.

Still thinking... -- I think it's possible to talk about the new project (of the speaker's), even with a stranger.

Ahmad

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Yes, sometimes we deliberately introduce such to later say which project, do you meant that way?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Exactly.

@Ahmad Ahan.

BTW I'm Persian, lest you forgot. :)

jimsug

The simply means that there is some expectation on the part of the speaker that the listener has (or will soon have) some familiarity with the subject matter to follow.

Ahmad

lol, right, then you know the in Persian in this case be " Proje he"

jimsug

10:56

But it's a tricky thing.

Ahmad

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M But I think in Pesian we don't emphasize "proje he" but "proje jadid" and the hearer won't ask which project

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Ahmad Persian is very different from English, thus I never try to mix them [sic].

If you have another question, please ask it by clicking the Ask Question button. — inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M 46 secs ago

flag-plz

Damkerng T.

Or [delete-please]?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Both plzzz.

Ahmad

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I didn't got what you mean by that link!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

10:59

@Ahmad If you type [tag:flag-plz] it turns into flag-plz. I meant please flag the answer to which I commented and put the link of.

Damkerng T.

@Ahmad inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M was asking us to flag that answer, because it's not an answer.

Ah, gotta have my dinner. Be back later. o/

Ahmad

Good, I thought he mean you can ask it as a question !!!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

No, haha!

You'll get used to chat conventions.

We chat about a lot of stuff.

Sometimes snails, sometimes language, sometimes tmesis, and sometimes molcules.

Ahmad

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Actually behem barkhord!

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M By the way, what means "behem barkhord" in English

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Ahmad It'll watch its steps next time.

@Ahmad Simply put, "it hurt my feelings!"

Ahmad

11:04

Thanks, However, I am still thinking how that "the" works, as I maybe can't say it simply with "a" too

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Ahmad In fact, I think the would be more common than a.

Ahmad

For example can I say you, "in my first days, when I was new to the new computer, I had a lot of mistakes,

or In my first few weeks of the new job, I made a lot of mistakes.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Ahmad BTW are you okay with language corrections?

Ahmad

Maybe it is just a sign of an omitted relative clause which is implied by "new"

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Language correction? what does it mean? a linguistic term?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Ahmad I don't think you can use indefinite article there.

Ahmad

11:08

I mean the project which is new

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Ahmad No I mean, correcting the grammar in the sentences you say/type/whatever.

Ahmad

or "the last job I got"

the hearer map "new project" or "new job" to such definations

For example suppose I say ""in my first days, when I was new to the computer, I had a lot of mistakes,", then the hearer will be more confused which computer

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Actually, you can use the if there's some info about the unknown thing in that very sentence.

@Ahmad Here, computer is something like a mass noun. It will not get an article.

Ahmad

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Correcting by myself or others? if you mean others, I would be so glad ;)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

And, it should be made.

@Ahmad No, for example, @snail sometimes reminds me that I shouldn't have used some word in my sentence.

Ahmad

11:12

Sure, would be grateful for that

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

BBL @Ahmad, I'm gonna say my prayers. Be back in 20 minutes.

Ahmad

Actually I think it is why we are here, however I myself may do a lot of mistakes in chat as I want to be fast

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Good luck, see you

Well, see you later, I also should get back to work, thank you for letting me chat here, bye for now

Damkerng T.

@Ahmad See you later!

I think both @snailboat and @jimsug can give you a clearer idea why the is possible in a stranger context, if they want to.

Anyway, this makes me think of the wrong direction. It's (almost) always the.

(BTW, though I open a lot of tabs. I still have only around 10k bookmarks. I think the number of my bookmarks are not that many when compared to other people.)

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A: "I don't have the time to cook" or "I don't have time to cook"?

Both are fine. To me, "don't have the time" implies a long-term situation, whereas "don't have time" could be more temporary. For example, "My life is so busy that I don't have the time to cook" versus "Tonight I'm going to a concert so I won't have time to cook."

^Worth noting

Continue thinking...

The pattern 'the ADJ NOUN' seems to be related to a question we discussed yesterday.

Damkerng T.

11:53

Intermission...

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Q: "Five thousand tons of water flow/flows"?

Every minute, five thousand tons of water flow/flows over a cliff into the river below. Should the verb 'flow' be conjugated in singular or plural in this sentence?

grammatical-number subject-verb-agreement singular-vs-plural

I just thought this funny thought...

> Every minute, five thousand tons of water flow(s) over a cliff into the river below.

"How much water flows over the cliff?"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

All of it.

Damkerng T.

"Five thousand tons."

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hey @Dam, we got a question in chem.SE that might interest you (pfft, like there's anything that can't)

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Q: Do Chemists "discover," "invent," or "create" things?

I am an ESL teacher, and am designing an activity to teach my engineering students the differences between the words "invention," "discovery," "innovation," and "creation," words that are often confusing for non-native speakers (and as I'm finding out, native speakers.) I have looked on the inte...

terminology

Damkerng T.

"How many tons, again?"

"Five thousand tons."

What verb form (plural or singular) would we use if we wanted to expand that question ("How many tons, again?") into a full, complete sentence with a main verb?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. flow over.

Damkerng T.

12:01

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I think in the old time, they discovered things. In the modern day, they sometimes invent stuff they can patent. They sometimes create things, too. Sometimes, even atoms!

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M nods -- That's why the sentence is tricky, I think.

Logically, it allows us to think both way.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. They still discover everyday.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I guess so.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

The thing is, I might plan a reaction, and then make it happen at -200 degrees celsius and 120 MPa pressure. Am I still discovering?

Has this happened in the nature before?

Damkerng T.

If someone did that before or made clear that it will happen as such, I think you just did an experiment or verified the theory.

('Cause someone else already discovered it.)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

But was the product discovered or invented?

@DamkerngT. They discovered it in paper. Not IRL.

Damkerng T.

12:05

36 mins ago, by Damkerng T.

The pattern 'the ADJ NOUN' seems to be related to a question we discussed yesterday.

Still looking for that question...

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M shrug -- I also think different people may use different words, just like the test by NYT we just did.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yes.

Damkerng T.

I wouldn't use discover for the scenario you described, personally.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

But what if it has happened before, like in I dunno, some obscure planet outside the Milky Way.

Damkerng T.

My idea is, if someone documented it, he or she discovered it.

Damkerng T.

13:02

Good news!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

?

Damkerng T.

My Kindle is back! Yippie!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yay! Kindle a candle!

Damkerng T.

Thanks! Wait, what? A candle?

I still like the TTS of Kindle better than the one on iPad.

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Q: Definite article in phrases

1) In the first few weeks, when I was new to the project, I made a lot of mistakes. 2) In the first few weeks, when I was new to computer (or computers?), I made a lot of mistakes. Is the second example with "new to computer" correct? if yes can I say: 3) In the first few weeks, whe...

sentence-construction definite-article

Aww... the examples are unfortunate!

Damkerng T.

13:34

2 hours ago, by Damkerng T.

> Every minute, five thousand tons of water flow(s) over a cliff into the river below.

> Units of measure are treated as collective nouns, taking a singular verb.
- For each patient, 10 mL of whole blood was collected in a clot tube.

> e-education.psu.edu/styleforstudents/c1_p6.html

The usage is clear, but it doesn't discuss why.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Let's discuss why.

I don't know why.

Damkerng T.

I think the explanation is a bit misleading.

It suggests that "Units of measure are treated as collective nouns" always.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Aren't they?

Damkerng T.

I don't think so.

But I agree with the example.

I think 10 mL of whole blood is thought of as a single thing.

It looks ambiguous to me... because

> For each patient, 10 mL was collected in a clot tube. <-- singular

> For each patient, whole blood was collected in a clot tube. <-- still singular

It's unlike:

> The first ten million years were the worse.

> The first ten million years was the worse.

> The first ten million years were enough.

> The first ten million years was enough.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

13:57

I dunno why language only mixes me up today.

Araucaria

14:54

A little titbit from a bog-standard web dictionary: " As a pronoun either sometimes occurs in reference to more than two (either of the three children), but any is more common (any of the three children). As a conjunction, either often introduces a series of more than two: pizza topped with either onions, peppers, or mushrooms" The Free Ditctionary.

Perhaps that might be the problem with the answers? Perhaps a little link or quote is more helpful than an opinion? Dunno. No downvotes from me, though

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. You can move those messages to the other room.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Huh?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Aren't you a room owner?

Damkerng T.

@Araucaria I'm a bit confused. From which question or answer that was?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Araucaria Hah! I read that as ditchtionary. It could've been a funny joke.

Araucaria

14:57

@DamkerngT. That's the either question

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Yes. But can we do that?

@Araucaria Ah, thanks!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. You can't?

Damkerng T.

(I'm still having a problem with my Internet connect.)

Araucaria

@DamkerngT. De nada!

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I don't think I can.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

14:58

Make me a room owner for five minutes.

@DamkerngT. Is there really that much rain there?

Damkerng T.

Okay. Five minutes. :-)

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Yup!

Catija

@Araucaria The excerpt is unclear but my understanding of what it is saying is that "all" of the three groups have these powers, so even "any" is wrong. It needs to be all, not either or any.

> Additionally, either of the three powers have internal supervision mechanisms.

Feeds

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Catija

The OP did not state what the original version of the sentence was.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M One-minute warning!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

15:04

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Damkerng T.

Neat!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

K I think I'm done.

Feeds

Damkerng T. has removed inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M from the list of this room's owners.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Heh! You moved my message too! Never mind that, though.

Ohh... I see!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Meh, whatever.

Damkerng T.

15:06

That's what that's for.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yeah, that was intended for that which can be done with that.

If you needed tutorials, I'm doing them free.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I think you just did that for me. Thanks!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

No probs! What are SE friends for?

Damkerng T.

Indeed!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

O.o They're for "indeed!"?

Damkerng T.

15:08

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Indeed! :P

About the "either" question, the most curious thing for me is that either (of the three powers) is used with have (instead of has).

So the example in this comment is unclear, imho (whether it should be has or have).

As for the example in the body of your post: I wouldn't be surprised if that excerpt is from a relatively old writing, or from a rather formal or restricted register (e.g. legal stuff). In other words, that type of usage is rather rare. The story on that type of construction is somewhat different (from that of the coordination usage). My MWCDEU provides this example: "… beside him was a telephone through which he could communicate with anyone, on either of the three trains. --Hector Bolitho, A Century of British Monarchy, 1951". (cont.) — F.E. 18 hours ago

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inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Haha what are you doing?

Damkerng T.

Just testing. :-)

Catija

@DamkerngT. So part of what I think is unclear is that I'm pretty sure the original version of the sentence uses "any"... I don't believe it would ever have been written with "either"... I believe the OP is the one who put "either" in the sentence and they are asking if that's an OK construction.

Damkerng T.

@Catija That's a good point! (Sometimes our users do that.)

Let's see if we can find its original...

Catija

The only thing that comes up in Google search results is the question itself.

Damkerng T.

15:25

Weird. Even just "the General Inspection Office and Bureaucratic Justice" is enough to get only the question as the result.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

BTW @Dam I . . .

Damkerng T.

Yes?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Finally earned electorate!

Damkerng T.

Oh! Congrats!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Whee!

Damkerng T.

15:27

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's time for... robot dance!

┏(--)┛┗(-- )┓┗(--)┛┏(--)┓

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

No, it's time to celebrate . . . With some weird looks.

Catija

I suppose it could be an original sentence? Perhaps he's writing an essay on the three parts of the US government.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

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Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Scary!

@Catija Probably. It's strange that I couldn't find even long strings of some key parts in their sentences.

Catija

@DamkerngT. Yeah, I've asked them to let us know where the sentence originates.

Damkerng T.

15:31

nods

Damkerng T.

16:14

An example of "either of the three * have":

> In the following lines you will get to know about 3 different Software / Workaround methods that will help you to resolve Galaxy Note 3 random restart and reboot problem, and this is because as per the user reviews either of the three methods have worked for the users like a charm.

> blog.brokenlcds.com/…

> Regardless of what open source tools an organization chooses-either it is Hadoop, Spark , Storm or a combination of either of the three-these tools have changed real time business intelligence, as all midsize to large organizations are embracing their advantages.

> dezyre.com/article/spark-vs-hadoop-vs-storm/145

> The counsel for the defendant no.2 on 20th March, 2014 stated that the defendant no.2 is willing to abide by the said Memorandum of Family Settlement and shall not sell / transfer / encumber the said flat till either of the three plaintiffs have a right of residence therein and shall not disturb the possession, use and enjoyment of the plaintiffs of the said flat and shall not do any other thing prejudicial to the rights of the plaintiffs under the said Memorandum of Family Settlement.

> indiankanoon.org/doc/158159814

5 pages already...

Let's try "either of the three * has":

> Once either of the three alternative activities has been executed, we merge the flow back in order to execute activity “Park invoice” which is common to all three.

> springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/…

> The first keyword will be DNA, RNA or Protein, representing a cellular process in which either of the three molecular types is a crucial component.

> *The first keyword will be DNA, RNA or Protein, representing a cellular process in which either of the three molecular types has a crucial function.

> nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/suppl_1/D112.full.pdf

> When either of the three warring parties has either destroyed two bases or killed all of the guardians and destroyed the others base the War ...

> bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/90102510/0/0

> Still, either of the three alternative has benefits and drawbacks being discussed in this section.

> hpi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachgebiete/meinel/papers/Web_3.0/…

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

18:49

> It's the issue of friends shilling for eachother, upvoting/accepting only answers from their group. This is primarily an issue which is really obvious with the Indian community but obviously it will exist on some scale within every group.

15

Q: Is there any automation to detect/stop shill behaviour?

I haven't been very active on SO lately because I've been travelling but now after one night back there I've already been bugged by an issue which really grated my nerves the last time I was quite active. It's the issue of friends shilling for eachother, upvoting/accepting only answers from thei...

discussion voting

Facepalm

Now @Dam feels a twitch whenever I talk about my Indian allergy.

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