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Q: indefinte determiners for introducing an item in plural as new information

Oftentimes you would use an indefinite determiner (a(n), some, Ø) when introducing an item as new information. And I have been thinking of use of determiners when introducing a new item in plural. In the following conversations, I feel B could say either some or Ø determiner (Ø article), and sou...

CowperKettle

01:54

Word of the day: starwheel

@userr2684291 expletive deleted (0:

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V.V.

05:27

It turns out we don't have a term for "trick", just a combination of five cards or fewer which have 21 points and win. Good morning all! Or evening. It's cold today.

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ColleenV

12:04

@CowperKettle I agree with Lawrence and would use "completed". I read checkmarks as "yes" so like columns where they appear to be like questions that can be answered "yes". (Was it) Completed? (Is the feature in this) Version?

@V.V. Here's a general explanation of "trick" from Wikipedia It's a characteristic of a certain type of card game. My favorite trick-taking game is Euchre

CowperKettle

12:21

@ColleenV Thank you, Colleen!

CowperKettle

12:35

United States Postal Service creed

The words "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" - while by no means an official creed or motto of the United States Postal Service - have long been associated with the American postman. The motto is inscribed on New York's James Farley Post Office, but it has no official status. The phrase can be found in block letters on the James Farley Post Office in New York City, facing Penn Station. It was a translation by Prof. George Herbert Palmer, Harvard University, from an ancient Greek work of Herodotus describing...

@M.A.R. - see, the creed repeats a statement said about Persian postal system

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18:26

Q: "I'll carve into your ribs and leave you crying for a kiss" (Tessa Violet - Haze) - literal or metaphoric?

Haze by Tessa Violet is a deep pop-folk piece that combines the struggle of someone who tries to honestly share their internal desires in a shallow society and the struggle to actually fully percieve the world with your all senses. It starts with a quick retrospection on the apparently full life...

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V.V.

19:04

@ColleenV. Thank you.

Jasper

19:47

Hiii.

Anonymous

20:03

Good afternoon!

Jasper

Hello @snailplane! It's boring here in chat.

Anonymous

Maybe I'll just type an emoji and see what happens.

Anonymous

🐳

Jasper

Nothing happens in my case.

Anonymous

It didn't do much. Just sat there looking cute.

Jasper

20:11

If you type what I typed in google chat, it will transform into something.

Anonymous

Oh, I see.

Jasper

And you can do video calls in google chat too, no need for skype.

I was actually quite amazed that it worked when I first tried it.

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20:31

Q: The entity of the verb tenses chosen

I need to put the verbs into a necessary form. Here is a passage given to be made up: Jane had always wanted to be a nurse ever since she 1...(to be) a child but her father 2...(tell) her that nursing 3...(is) not a suitable profession for her to follow. 4...(leave) school, she 5...(to be) o...