There have been many posts on ELL, especially by 'first-time' users, asking questions without carrying out even the basic research about the same, with available resources like the dictionary and Google.
Although we have the options to vote those questions to be closed, the number of such posts...
There are currently almost three thousand unanswered questions (questions with no upvoted or accepted answers) on this site. If I recall correctly, some sites actively try to bring this number down to zero. All we need to do is upvote good answers to these questions, convert comments on these que...
There are currently almost three thousand unanswered questions (questions with no upvoted or accepted answers) on this site. If I recall correctly, some sites actively try to bring this number down to zero. All we need to do is upvote good answers to these questions, convert comments on these que...
I saw a snail dropping down from the list of users to the bottom of the window. Then I saw another snail dropping down from the top of the window to the list. LOL.
So we currently only have one featured question, but we have more than a thousand positively scored questions with one or zero answers. If you have earned enough reputation to access all the privileges you're interested in, why not look for a question that you think could use more detailed answer...
@userr2684291 Anyway, the thing is that we don't know whether these comments are actually answers or not, and we have to look through all the unanswered questions anyway.
@userr2684291 It's just something good for the site, I think. At least we have some kind of closure, or conclusion, or whatever you call it, you know. There isn't any why beyond that.
@Jasper You're conflating the site's purpose with the means through which their owners are pursuant to achieving it.
The list is supposed to help you find questions that satisfy certain criteria (its creators decided to call it "Unanswered [Questions]" for some reason), but most of the questions there have received answers in one form or another.
If I apply to grad school in the US in future, they might require me to take the TOEFL for whatever weird reasons, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.
I know "have to" expresses 'obligations to do something' and I know how to use it in the sentences. For example:
People have to leave their rural areas.
But I have seen ‘having to’ being used as gerunds and in the present continuous tense. For example:
People are having to leave thei...