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AIQ
AIQ
00:00
no no no I meant "like the earth is flat" in response to your just some random, possibly unsubstantiated opinion I have.
Like a person who thinks the earth is flat would say "The earth is flat" - that is just some random, possibly unsubstantiated opinion they have. They are not likely to say "The earth is arguably flat".
userr2684291
userr2684291
Well, those who do believe that statement to be accurate could use arguably to hedge their claim as well.
AIQ
AIQ
haha
@userr2684291 I have always wondered why you have a second r in your name.
And thanks a bajillion for the discussion, I think I get when it is suitable to use "arguably"
userr2684291
userr2684291
Nws. I do think arguably is a curious beast and it "roils" the waters quite a bit. I've heard it used in claims people uttered with conviction, as well as those they weren't so sure about.
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
05:14
> If you have a line of 100 rabbits in a row and 99 of them take 1 step backwards, what do you have?
 
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AIQ
AIQ
07:24
100 rabbits.
Featured Questions
Featured Questions
07:40
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Q: I realised + Past tense or Present tense?

user4084On calculating my annual carbon footprint recently, i realized how inadequate those efforts are. https://commentwise.com/2019/12/06/will-the-rich-change-for-the-planet/ In the given sentence present tense (those efforts are) has been used after past tense ( I realized). Is it grammatically corr...

sentence-construction
 
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AIQ
AIQ
12:42
Omg this is a huge cat youtube.com/watch?v=lKJkKnaImic
Lynx
 
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ColleenV parted ways
ColleenV parted ways
14:24
@CowperKettle A volunteer!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:57
@ColleenVpartedways A receding hare line
 
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ColleenV parted ways
ColleenV parted ways
16:31
@CowperKettle Lol, that’s a good one
Anonymous
17:27
So, a few years ago this question was closed by the community:
Anonymous
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Q: "Send them my regards"

Judicious AllureIf I want to tell to my friend to send "hi" to someone else, is it acceptable in the spoken English to say: "Send them (or him) my regards" ?

word-usage conversation
Anonymous
Someone tried to get it reopened a year later, but the reviewers were unanimous that it should be left closed: ell.stackexchange.com/review/reopen/32576
Anonymous
And now someone has custom flagged it for reopening and cast a reopen vote. Now it's in the reopen review queue again: ell.stackexchange.com/review/reopen/98853
Anonymous
It doesn't look like anyone else really wants to reopen it, though. Two users have already voted Leave Closed, and with one more Leave Closed vote it'll be removed from the review queue.
Anonymous
So right now, it really doesn't look like the community wants this question reopened. Since I'm a moderator, I'm going to handle the custom flag and type a response to the flagger, but I'm not going to reopen the question.
Anonymous
17:30
I just wanted to bring it up in here, in the public chat, in case anyone had an opinion on the question they'd like to share.
ColleenV parted ways
ColleenV parted ways
17:42
I don’t understand why the author thinks that sentence might not be acceptable, and without that information, it’s simply a yes or no question which is not within the site’s scope. If it were up to me I would leave it closed.
There’s an acceptable answer, I don’t see how reopening it without improving the question would be useful.
Anonymous
17:54
Yeah, I agree with you.
Anonymous
In fact, I’m not really sure why people keep trying to get it reopened without comment.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
WHAT DO WE WANT?
AN END TO ACRONYMS
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
ASAP!
Word of the day: to cut the apron strings
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Featured Questions
Featured Questions
18:20
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Q: In Russian, you can express a dialog without starting a new paragraph each time. Can you do something similar in English?

Sergey ZolotarevSo, in my native language (Russian), you can write something like this (dashes separate lines of two interlocutors), "Hey, John!" — "Hey, Pete!" — "How's the family?" — "So far so good!" I want to do the same in English. Can I? If not, what are the alternatives?

punctuation
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
18:41
@FeaturedQuestions scratches head
@CowperKettle Nice
@CowperKettle We Want AETA
Anonymous
@CowperKettle My favorite subversion of that linguistic pattern is from Futurama:
Anonymous
Fry's Dog
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
20:09
Word of the day: eye of newt
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
20:22
Ew witchcraft!
 
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AIQ
AIQ
21:40
so why did the picture go to prison @CowperKettle
userr2684291
userr2684291
21:51
@AIQ It was a smear job?
It was caught on camera during a shooting?
At a photo shop? OK.
AIQ
AIQ
Because it was framed!
userr2684291
userr2684291
Ahh.
Good one.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
It's contagious
The jokes
userr2684291
userr2684291
22:07
Yeah. I can't think of any jokes at the moment.
@M.A.R. What do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@userr2684291 Shangri La
Or however it's spelled
Anonymous
Want to hear a limerick?
AIQ
AIQ
what is that
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Last limerick before bed!
AIQ
AIQ
?
Anonymous
22:11
There once was a man from Purdue
Whose limericks ended on line two
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@AIQ It's in Ireland
No really, Google it
12 mins ago, by M.A.R.
It's contagious
Anonymous
Want to hear another limerick?
userr2684291
userr2684291
@snailcar Yes, please.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Well tomorrow I'm pretty busy so I guess free spirit lifts are good
Anonymous
There once was a man from Verdun
userr2684291
userr2684291
22:12
Nice.
@M.A.R. By the way, when you cross a sheep with a kangaroo, you get a woolly jumper. (:
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
OwwK, I feel guilty for laughing at that
@userr2684291 No, Shangri La
AIQ
AIQ
very nice @userr2684291
AIQ
AIQ
23:03
In this sentence, which should be the right preposition? ... this has been well documented in/by Medow (2011), Mendelson (2009), and Wood (2019).
in would refer to the papers/studies, and by would refer to the authors

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