Language Overflow

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Will Hunting

00:29

@snailplane You should sleep more then, like go and sleep now, lol.

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Cardinal

02:35

@snailplane Hello snail, I see.

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CowperKettle

04:52

> The researchers also performed multiple MRI brain scans of these children when they were ages 6 to 13. The first scans, performed when the children reached school age, showed that the inferior frontal gyrus was smaller in children who had more adverse experiences.

Is that okay: ages and not aged?

Anonymous

05:11

@CowperKettle Yeah, the ages are 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

CowperKettle

05:39

@snailplane It would be wrong to say "they performed scans of children when they were aged 6 to 13"?

Anonymous

05:49

@CowperKettle Hmm, maybe not . . . ?

Anonymous

06:55

But I think ages is okay. That doesn't mean aged is not okay.

Will Hunting

Hello snail!

Anonymous

You could post a question about it on the main site.

Anonymous

Hello! :-) I'm just about to get some of that "sleep" thing I've heard so much about. I heard it's nice, so I thought I'd try it for myself. Maybe even make a habit of it.

Will Hunting

OK, good night then, see you in your dreams, lol.

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CowperKettle

10:17

@snailplane I would expect "ages" to come with "of": "children of ages 20-66 are not really children"

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M.A.R.

12:44

@CowperKettle What about children of ages 66-130?

@WillHunting You got four one-star ratings

@WillHunting 2 hours isn't long anymore

3 hours is

Feeds

13:04

Q: Can appositives be composed of adjectives?

I’ve been reading a bit about apposition, and all the examples seem to be revolving around noun phrases. I’m wondering if adjectives can also form appositives. Consider, for instance, the following two sentences: This scenario could easily lead to a system that is too conservative, overdesig...

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Will Hunting

14:33

@M.A.R. Yeah, like Titanic (1997).

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Anonymous

17:07

Good morning!

Anonymous

It's ten in the morning here in California.

Anonymous

@CowperKettle goo.gl/S3tMNn

Anonymous

EDIT: fixed the URL! :-)

Anonymous

There seem to be quite a lot of examples. They sound fine to me.

Anonymous

> It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that children ages 2 to 11 years should achieve optimal physical and cognitive development, maintain healthy weights, enjoy food, and reduce the risk of chronic disease through appropriate eating habits and participation in regular physical activity.

Anonymous

17:11

> Common asthma signs and symptoms in children ages 5 to 11 include: [...]

Will Hunting

@snailplane It is 1 AM here in Antarctica!

Anonymous

It sounds kind of funny if I add of for some reason.

Anonymous

@WillHunting A very early morning for our resident Antarctican!

Will Hunting

It's Halloween. Maybe you will be out playing tricks on people tonight? LOL

Anonymous

17:38

Oh, I think I'm a bit old for that.

Catija

Nah. Never too old ;)

CowperKettle

18:06

@snailplane Thank you!

@snailplane We were surrounding people on the street and demanding treats

And I'm older than you

Although I don't know what's implied by "playing tricks"

Will Hunting

18:32

@CowperKettle You are still young. Anyone under 60 is young, because these days people live till 120.

Anonymous

18:54

@CowperKettle This might be a good time to use that "lol" thing I learned from Will Hunting.

Anonymous

LOL!

Anonymous

How did I do?

Will Hunting

19:33

@snailplane You did well, lol.

Anonymous

19:48

@WillHunting I've been conditioned to star stuff whenever I see a single word in bold. I saw your mention of Titanic (1997) and I'm like "Ooh, word of the day! Better click . . . Hey, wait!"

Anonymous

My WOTD arvo was because a person in Australia mentioned this weekend that they'd be taking over for me for the arvo (local time).

Anonymous

I was volunteering with something this weekend, and the person in Australia was telling me I could have a break because they'd be handling things for the afternoon, but I hadn't heard the term arvo before, so I had to look it up.

Anonymous

But I suppose in Australia everyone knows what arvo means.

Anonymous

Not sure about Antarctica.

Will Hunting

I think nobody outside Australia knows about arvo. That's why it's called Australian English.

Anonymous

20:21

I'm guessing New Zealand speakers use arvo as well.

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