Language Overflow

2:27 AM

Good morning!

> RussChem has chosen the site for its second melamine facility

Can one use Present Perfect in a headline?

I'm afraid that if I use chooses that would imply that it has not yet arrived at a decision.

However, the company has chosen the site, i.e. it is no longer in the process of deliberation on this count.

3:03 AM

Hmmm

> New Castle site selected for medical marijuana cultivation

So I can use "site selected"

Sure, why not?

> RussChem selected site for its second melamine facility

Okay

Thanks!

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A: "Doggo". Help me to understand this word in context

6:27 AM

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Anonymous

7:34 AM

You can use the perfect in a headline but I think it's probably less common because it takes up more space. Headlines are all about presenting information as compactly as possible.

Anonymous

Site chosen by RussChem for second melamine facility

Anonymous

There are a lot of choices. I think that its would usually be left out of that sort of headline, though.

Anonymous

7:59 AM

It's internet slang for dog: Doggo is an internet slang term for dog, which is often associated with the word pupper in various ironic meme communities online. (Know Your Meme) I guess you can think of it as a humorous way to say dog. I've never heard anyone say this in person, but I imag...

Anonymous

I like this answer. I also think doggo is interesting. I personally only learned about it fairly recently.

10:14 AM

I like the answer, too.

A: Good Evening vs Good Night

Since you've mentioned that it's only 6pm then "Good evening" is your choice, it means "expressing good wishes on meeting or parting during the evening.". We usually say "Good night" when the time is for a normal person to sleep, like 9-6pm for instance. "Good night" often means "I'm off to bed"...

The dictionary this answer quotes (and other dictionaries corroborate this usage as well) says good evening can be used on parting during the evening. I don't think I've ever heard anyone using it in that situation, i.e., on parting. I looked it up in three learner's dictionaries, and that part of the definition seems to have been omitted.

Learner's dictionaries often simplify stuff, and I'm aware of that, but this is such a trivial thing.

It suggests, to me, that the expression is indeed not that common with that sense.

If this were a matter of dialect, they would've indicated it by labeling it British English or especially American English or similarly. Moreover, if it were obsolescent or archaic, or particularly formal, they would've put it up there along with the main definition and, again, labeled it accordingly.

10:30 AM

I agree, I've heard "have a good evening" on parting.

I found another post on this.

Perhaps they got lazy and left off the "have a."

@Justwinbaby Ah, yeah, see, I'd be okay with that.

I have heard that in those old movies from Columbo-era (I'm just that bad with decades).

70s?

And it would be a bit formal today, I think. "Have a good evening, Mr. Smith."

10:35 AM

Yup.

@Justwinbaby Something like that, apparently.

"Have a good one."

@Justwinbaby "'Ave a good one, mate."

:-)

Wonder if the meaning is different based on dialect. I've never heard Good Evening used as a way to say goodbye. In my experience, Good Morning is a hello, Good Afternoon is a hello, Good Evening is a hello, Good Day is a goodbye and Good Night is a goodbye. Good Day I've heard more often in the dismissal tone though, unless "Have a" comes before it. — Brett Allen Feb 18 '11 at 5:02

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10:40 AM

"Have a" adds a tone possession. You're wishing for someone to "have a"...

...on departing

@Justwinbaby I believe the same is true for good day; i.e., it's only used when accompanied with "Have a..."

A: They kill as many people as not: what words are omitted?

So your point @userr2684291 is not so trivial after all :-)

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Anonymous

1:54 PM

Yeah, I would say Have a good evening but not Good evening. The latter sounds a bit too stiff to me.

Anonymous

I dunno. Now that I think about it, it might just be kind of weird as a parting expression.

Anonymous

I was imagining it a bit like Good day, which no one says here for a goodbye except perhaps as a joke.

Anonymous

But maybe it'd be weirder than that.

Anonymous

I'm just imagining how it'd go since I've never heard anyone use it as a farewell before.

Man_From_India

2:43 PM

@snailplane This article was regarding my query there.

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=33321

But I am surprised to see the quotations were from apparently non-edited sources.

But somehow it failed to conclude anything solid, IMO.

This is what I gathered from my own analysis.

STRUCTURE: The expression in question has the structure like this: as X as not He X can be realized by an Adverb Phrase (AdvP) or an Adjective Phrase (AdjP). FUNCTION: (i) Adjunct: A. Manner Adjunct - she'll cut your throat as quick(ly) as not. It's a nice story, and w...

I just need your native intuition in this regards. At the same time your analytical response.

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