Language Overflow

Anonymous

16:08

@DamkerngT. Do these proverbs occur with he that and not just he who?

Damkerng T.

@snailplane I remember I saw He that once.

Let's see...

CowperKettle

There are nine and sixty ways of constructing proverbs with cats
And every single one of them is meow

Anonymous

@CowperKettle にゃ～ん

Damkerng T.

Found it!

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Q: He that is silent, gathers stones

I came across the following proverb at this site. He that is silent, gathers stones. Can anyone explain its meaning? Thanks in advance.

proverbs

CowperKettle

!!translate/никогда не говори никогда

Ellbot

16:12

ru: никогда не говори никогда
en: never say never

Damkerng T.

@CowperKettle Oh!

CowperKettle

おかえりにゃん♪

►

Damkerng T.

scratching the cat's chin...

Anonymous

Aww :-)

CowperKettle

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but in Russian it is "never do not say never"

Damkerng T.

16:16

Oh! But it means the same, right?

CowperKettle

yes

> You should put the indefinite article before this word.

Can this say this?

Or it would be ungrammatical?

> You should put an indefinite article before this word.

^^ Is this the only grammatical way?

Should I ask this on the main site?

Damkerng T.

I remember that snailplane told me that English has only one indefinite article.

CowperKettle

Only one?!

Damkerng T.

But that's probably not the real answer to your question. :-)

@CowperKettle Yes, one article, two spellings. :-)

CowperKettle

ah!

> "I found an indefinite article in the wrong place in your letter" (can we say "in a wrong place?)

I recall from ELL SE that we should always write "in the wrong place"

Anonymous

16:32

@CowperKettle A would be weird here.

CowperKettle

@snailplane I wonder why

We are introducing this wrong place

It was not known to the reader!

Anonymous

Yes, wrong is an exception. It's a definite adjective, although in certain phrases it loses this quality: a wrong turn is fine.

CowperKettle

@snailplane And what about "You should put the indefinite article before this word"?

Anonymous

Same is another definite adjective.

Anonymous

@CowperKettle Either/or.

CowperKettle

16:37

either/or?

Anonymous

They're both okay.

Anonymous

The and an.

CowperKettle

that's odd

Anonymous

There's a pragmatic difference, but it doesn't matter in this example.

CowperKettle

pragmatic difference?

Anonymous

16:38

Pragmatics = meaning in context

Anonymous

In the right context, the meaning marked by the or a(n) could matter, but in this context it isn't relevant.

CowperKettle

But is not "the definite article" a generic noun phrase?

Anonymous

Nope.

Anonymous

(Not goes after the subject there.)

Anonymous

The definite article is okay because you're conceptualizing the definite article as unique. There's just one, the, although it has multiple allomorphs.

CowperKettle

16:40

If it's not a generic NP, then it's specific and definite. THerefore we should first indicate "This is a definite article. You should put the definite article before this word"

Anonymous

A definite article is also okay because now you're conceptualizing it as referring to a particular instance of the definite article.

Anonymous

It is no longer unique, but this pragmatic distinction makes no difference in the example you presented.

Anonymous

So both are licensed.

Anonymous

So either/or.

CowperKettle

I will try to understand this. Thank you!

Anonymous

16:42

> "The definite article" is not a generic noun phrase. → Is "the definite article" not a generic noun phrase?

CowperKettle

oh, thank you!

Anonymous

Is is an auxiliary, a finite form of be, and so it can invert with the subject.

Anonymous

Not is not an auxiliary, nor is it part of an auxiliary, so it doesn't participate in subject-auxiliary inversion.

Anonymous

However:

Anonymous

> "The definite article" isn't a generic noun phrase. → Isn't "the definite article" a generic noun phrase?

CowperKettle

16:44

> Is not you the famous Snailplane? (WRONG?)

Anonymous

Now we have the auxiliary isn't, which is the finite form is with the negative inflectional affix -n't attached.

Anonymous

After -n't is attached, the auxiliary is the whole word isn't, and so we find that isn't inverts with the subject.

Anonymous

The same is not true of is not.

Anonymous

@CowperKettle *Are not you the famous CowperKettle?

Anonymous

Would be wrong.

CowperKettle

16:45

> Are you not the famous CowperKettle?

I see

Anonymous

That would be right.

CowperKettle

English is hard.

Anonymous

Is English not hard? Isn't English hard?

Damkerng T.

Hear ye, hear ye! There's an answer waiting for you to see!

Anonymous

English is hard, is it not? English is hard, isn't it?

Damkerng T.

16:48

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Q: What is the meaning of `we search for a 1 filled list individual`

I am looking a python lib named deap, but stuck at beginning. The first paragraph says: This is the first complete example built with DEAP. It will help new users to overview some of the framework possibilities. The problem is very simple, we search for a 1 filled list individual. This p...

translation

Anonymous

But never *English is hard, is not it?

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Oh, I see! I didn't see this before.

Damkerng T.

@snailplane I guess I usually write my answers in the wrong hours!

Anonymous

We get a lot of questions these days. 40+ per day?

Damkerng T.

Oh! That's good news!

Anonymous

16:50

Why did you put 1 in backticks and the rest of the phrase in italics, by the way?

Damkerng T.

Because it's so in the original text.

Anonymous

Oh, I see. I haven't clicked the OP's link yet.

Damkerng T.

I think if no one reads or votes it today, nobody ever will.

Anonymous

> This problem is widely used in the evolutionary computation community since it is very simple and it illustrates well the potential of evolutionary algorithms.

Anonymous

What seems interesting to me about that is that, although it may be common, if I search Google for "1 filled list", I find only their page, so it seems like they're the only ones who phrase it in exactly that fashion.

Damkerng T.

16:53

nods -- I offered my phrasing at the bottom of my answer.

Anonymous

On the other hand, if we search for "OneMax problem", we find quite a few examples.

Damkerng T.

nods

Anonymous

tracer.lcc.uma.es/problems/onemax/onemax.html

Damkerng T.

Yay! Thanks!

Anonymous

I think it is an individual that is (or has) a one-filled list.

Damkerng T.

17:00

Hmm... what are the elements, then? Oh, genes, perhaps?

Anonymous

It's a genetic algorithm, so it has competition among "individuals" to find the fittest one. The optimal (most fit) individual is the one that has a list consisting entirely of 1s.

Damkerng T.

Hmm... I think you're right. I skipped most of the page. Bad me!

Anonymous

I haven't voted yet because I've been trying to read and understand the problem.

Damkerng T.

And I missed this line!

toolbox.register("population", tools.initRepeat, list, toolbox.individual)

A huge fix is coming soon.

Anonymous

github.com/DEAP/deap/blob/…

CowperKettle

17:11

> She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

> A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

Anonymous

Haha.

CowperKettle

> A new type of broom came out, it is sweeping the nation.

I don't get this.

Nagendra

Hello! Sorry to disturb you. Can you please answer this?
The sentence below is given in an exam and we have to find best improvement for the phrase in bold.
He **argued endlessly** with him on the subject.
The options given are
1) argued on and on
2) argued all the time
3) argued continuously
4) No improvement
I think no improvement is needed here.
Can you please explain to me correct answer, if I'm wrong.

Anonymous

Sweeping the nation = quickly becoming popular throughout the nation

CowperKettle

ah!

Anonymous

17:21

@Nagendra I don't really see any need to change argued endlessly.

CowperKettle

@Nagendra neither do I

Arrowfar

@CowperKettle Funny! But those two are separate puns. well I googled.

At first I thought they were connected.

CowperKettle

(:

Nagendra

@snailplane Thanks! I also answered same but the key claims second option as an answer.😔

CowperKettle

> I used to be addicted to soap, but I'm clean now.

Anonymous

17:24

@Nagendra I'm sorry, I don't know why they chose that answer.

Arrowfar

> The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.

CowperKettle

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Arrowfar

> A backward poet writes inverse.

CowperKettle

> When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

Arrowfar

> There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

ok how come people are able to make colorful emoticons in chat?

Like a yellow smiley.

CowperKettle

17:28

upload an image

Arrowfar

yeah maybe. but it seems like work.

Damkerng T.

Sadly, my answer is very long now.

But I'm too lazy to make it short.

CowperKettle

> Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

Arrowfar

Hah. Well my country gets aid, we are a poor country.

There is some truth to that I think. Corruption etc.

Damkerng T.

@Nagendra It's like part of the GRE or GMAT test. Alas, its quality is not.

CowperKettle

17:33

> I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. ~ Bill Clinton.

Arrowfar

my google search isn't working properly, I am getting many many results without 'bold' when I search something in quotations.

CowperKettle

> How did I escape Iraq? Iran.

Arrowfar

it's frustrating.

and syria and jordan etc. too I think.

CowperKettle

> I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off.

> I wasn't originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind.

> Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team? She ran away from the ball.

> A friend of mine tried to annoy me with bird puns, but I soon realized that toucan play at that game.

> Thieves had broken into my house and stolen everything except my soap, shower gel, towels and deodorant. Dirty Bastards.

LOL

> Having sex in an elevator is wrong on so many levels.

> My math teacher called me average. How mean!

> How can you spot the blind guy at the nudist colony? It's not hard.

Damkerng T.

Oh, lotsa jokes!

CowperKettle

17:42

Yes, Jokes Oveflow

> What do sea monsters eat for lunch? Fish and ships.

Damkerng T.

Kids, we're not sure if all of this was PG14!

@CowperKettle Hey, I like this one!

CowperKettle

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> What do squirrels give for Valentine's Day? Forget-me-nuts.

> A terminally ill 5-year-old boy had his final wish fulfilled, dying in the arms of Santa Claus after he was afraid he would miss Christmas. Eric Schmitt-Matzen, with a classic long white beard and curled mustache, plays Saint Nick in Knoxville, Tennessee.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/…

Damkerng T.

17:59

sad

Damkerng T.

18:31

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Q: Inform or 'to realize'?

My friend and I are arguing about which word is best to be used in a sentence that he wrote to me, it read, "I just wanted you to realize the progress that is taking place." The saturation also matters because, he lives half way across the US and it's not like we talk 24/7, more along t...

word-usage word-choice

The two answers seem to suggest that realize implies that the information goes from the speaker to the listener.

I don't think it's always the case.

> I want you to realize what's going on out there. Go see it for yourself!

It's not easy to distinguish little things precisely and comprehensively, though.

IMO, it's another dictionary question.

Except for the saturation, which might be a case of autocorrect, the OP's English is probably better than mine.

"I go to school by my bike."? Hmm... — Damkerng T. 8 secs ago

Arrowfar

Is your google search working fine with quotations damk?

I don't know what's wrong with my google search. How many results do you see when you search "when * darkness befalls"?

Damkerng T.

It says 226,000.

Arrowfar

I see like 1120000 results but only two pages with bold. But they don't stop, usually it shows a blank space afterwards.

@DamkerngT. I see.

Damkerng T.

But as I guessed, I can't go to page 10.

Arrowfar

Then I might be facing a bug etc.

Damkerng T.

18:43

@Arrowfar These numbers are just gibberish.

It's only correct when you get to the last page. (In this case, it's 88 results.)

Arrowfar

@DamkerngT. yeah I know normally I get the results the same way. But now, let me show you a screenshot.

Here:

and it doesn't stop even with quotes

that's page ten :(

it continues.

Damkerng T.

Can you reach page 12?

Arrowfar

wait...

yes I was able to reach the end page '11' but from page 2 to 11 the search isn't there. Only random text.

Damk here:

I hope I didn't confuse you.

Damkerng T.

Well, I don't think it's serious anyway. Most of the useful results only are on the first few pages.

Arrowfar

yeah. But still I am used to reading more pages :-)

I'll try to maybe refresh the browser again.

I tried Chrome but same thing heh.

Damkerng T.

18:50

@Arrowfar How did you get to page 11? Did you get to it through all the pages from 2 to 11?

Arrowfar

No I clicked for the last page 10 and then saw only one more page.

At first I thought they were unlimited.

So the only issue is the results aren't being bolded.

I am using Firefox by the way.

Damkerng T.

I remember sometimes it happened, too.

You use proxy, right?

Arrowfar

So um do you know its troubleshooting? Maybe I will have to reinstall the browser?

Damkerng T.

@Arrowfar I don't think so.

Arrowfar

@DamkerngT. No no proxy. Just the usual searches.

Good.

Damkerng T.

18:53

Okay, what's the country code of the Google URL on your browser?

Arrowfar

Um I don't follow. you mean like "pk"?

"pk" is mine.

Damkerng T.

Sometimes Google gives you different results based on who they think you are.

Arrowfar

Here: google.com.pk

Dot pk.

Damkerng T.

I don't want to tamper your browser installation. Maybe you can try Private Browsing and see if you get the desired results.

Arrowfar

I see. You mean like an "incognito mode" on Chrome?

Damkerng T.

18:57

Yes

Arrowfar

ok I'll try.

By the way thanks a lot anyway. I am sure I'll figure something out.

Damkerng T.

I think it will work. If it works (or doesn't work!), you can try deleting your cookies. Just everything related to Google should do.

Arrowfar

Ah it didn't. This is my incognito search:

I'll try deleting cookies etc.

Thanks. Sorry for disturbing you btw :D

I will log out and try to do it from outside. Like maybe run a anti malware etc. Could be anything. See you later man :-)

Take care.

Damkerng T.

19:12

See you, and take care!

Try removing cookies first, though.

This is hardly a browser problem, IMO.

ColleenV

20:28

@DamkerngT. I agree that was a dictionary question as written... "realize - understand clearly" "inform-give facts to someone". "I informed Joe that he is likely to get punched in the nose if he doesn't realize how upsetting it is to find that someone took the last of your cream and put the empty carton back in the fridge."

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