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AIQ
AIQ
00:04
@ColleenV I reviewed this and wanted to leave it open but then I noticed that you want to close it.
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Q: Expression to use after talking to someone after a long time

Soha PineOftentimes, on social media, you run into classmates and teachers from olden days. So how do you express that it is heartwarming to be able to speak to them again after a very long time. Is saying this grammatically correct? It's wonderful to be talking to you after such a long while. Is t...

grammar expressions idiomatic-language
userr2684291
userr2684291
@M.A.R. Direness...
AIQ
AIQ
What should be done? My view is that there are many similar questions that ask "Is this an idiomatic expression?" but are not closed.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@userr2684291 I know but it came to mind and I left it there
AIQ
AIQ
But I think it might have received the close-votes because it did not show research effort
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
I'm like a revolutionary illusionary visionary artist. Onary
userr2684291
userr2684291
00:11
@AIQ What do you mean? The current mods will remain, won't they? At any rate, I don't see anything wrong with the site's having more mods than is really necessary (de jure).
AIQ
AIQ
@userr2684291 I think you misunderstood me. I used the singular they
Do you remember that user posting a number of angry meta posts directed at our mods and repeatedly asking when the election is?
userr2684291
userr2684291
Oh, I see what you mean, but it's "current mods" that's confusing in that sentence.
Colleen isn't a mod anymore, and there's no one else talking about resignation currently.
AIQ
AIQ
yeah I actually meant ColleenV and J.R. ...
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Just accept defeat
AIQ
AIQ
@M.A.R. What do you mean?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
00:18
Userrrrrrr gains 50 online argument points by defeating AIQ
Or is it the other way around? Not paying attention
userr2684291
userr2684291
You want our mods at the time.
@M.A.R. 1 point = 1 prayer.
AIQ
AIQ
@userr2684291 Yes right. But J.R. is still a mod now.
userr2684291
userr2684291
Only de jure.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@userr2684291 I think it's more like curses from the opponent
@userr2684291 No u
AIQ
AIQ
Well don't pick on my faulty sentence construction, or my grammar here in the chat - I was just thinking about that user's angry rants my god something
userr2684291
userr2684291
00:21
I'm not, I'm trying to help you. It's a useful thing to know, the at the time thing.
AIQ
AIQ
at the time
no, I appreciate it thanks userr
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
You can think of userr as a grumpy Japanese samurai mentoring you
AIQ
AIQ
of all things, a samurai?
userr2684291
userr2684291
Yeah. I'm like that turtle in Kung Fu Panda. (??) Or the goose.
AIQ
AIQ
Samurai Jack
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
00:23
@AIQ I just wanted to picture him like a bald squint-eyed middle aged man
@AIQ He was abnormally handsome for a samurai
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userr2684291
userr2684291
From reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/g7877f/…: "'Turn the volume up' and 'Turn the volume down' both can make you sound old". It took me a while to get this, lol. I kept trying to figure out what might be wrong with those expressions.
By wrong I mean old-fashioned.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
the volume up → up the volume?
userr2684291
userr2684291
Haha.
It's about whether the current volume level bothers you or you can't hear the thing properly.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
OK, I admit I wanna sound old
Although when it's especially loud, I jerk-yell "JESUS", and when it's not, "what?"
userr2684291
userr2684291
Yes, and you squint, too, in the second case, as thought it's going to help.
Well, maybe it will, actually. It's that blind people principle where your other senses sharpen (more likely they just get to focus on them instead of on visual stuff).
Hm. Maybe your instincts aren't that off, @M.A.R..
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
00:38
I never am
Or it's just a facial expression and you're overthinking it
Now overthink its origins in 150 words.
The bullshit evolutionary response story response
So the caveman of our story thinks he hears a faint roar, and his facial expression includes squinting. He discovers the tiger in its camouflage and he jumps up a tree just in time
userr2684291
userr2684291
Yes, and you also suddenly... bestill yourself, but squinting might not be necessary. But I can't judge it properly because I'm now thinking of a person in a jungle who heard a strange sound.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
The tiger sadly eats the red riding cavegirl
userr2684291
userr2684291
Wait wait. In that image, the guy isn't squinting at all. He wouldn't think to close his eyes, that's for certain.
Wait, I'm getting another vision...
Lol.
AIQ
AIQ
@snailcar I remember you saying that in Japanese SE the number of close votes needed to close a q was reduced to 3. Was that like a trial/testing thing or is it in effect now? What happened then? Was/is it any good?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Oh my God I just activated your jedi force thing
50 bucks
userr2684291
userr2684291
00:43
@M.A.R. I can see you taking 50 bucks...
100 bucks. 200 in total.
And now it's my turn because you just landed on Go, hehe.
@M.A.R. What about the caveman in his, well, cave, "jamming out" to music? He has his eyes closed. From an evolutionary standpoint it's not very sound.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@userr2684291 Nah he stayed in the cave and didn't catch covid
userr2684291
userr2684291
(Get it, sound?)
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Yes
Trying to maintain tranquility in the face of a dad pun
G Warner
G Warner
Sorry, it's so loud in here I couldn't see you through all the noise, you feel me?
AIQ
AIQ
Please tell us what research you have done to solve your problem. Have you tried a dictionary? What did you find? Have you tried looking up similar phrases in google? What did you find? Have you tried google books or google news? Also, tell us which you think is correct, and why.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
00:54
@GWarner bzzz bzzzt seniority alert! Ready the eyerolls and other effective weapons in case of an outsmartness move
G Warner
G Warner
:) dadness
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
01:19
Word of the morning: zeitgeber (A rhythmically occurring cue given by the environment, such as a change in light or temperature, to reset the internal body clock)
AIQ
AIQ
What is the best way to tell a native speaker that they should add some references or examples to their answer? Without any usage examples from reliable sources, sometimes it is hard to determine the accuracy of an answer. I am reading an answer a native speaker (seems like they are) has written to a question. And I can't quite tell if what they have said is accurate. This is because I don't particularly know about this topic or nuance. So, how do I know what they have written is correct?
Anonymous
@AIQ Well, we did ask for that to happen, but I don't think SE has done it for us yet.
AIQ
AIQ
snailcar, even if that number was 4 it would speed things up a bit
i mean clearing the queues
 
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RuslanD
RuslanD
02:32
@CowperKettle literally "time-giver". What a fun word!
 
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Jasper
Jasper
04:05
@CowperKettle I have returned to ELL again!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
04:55
@Jasper - welcome back! ))
 
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AIQ
AIQ
06:17
how do I edit a tag description?
 
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user435118
09:09
@AIQ You mean a tag wiki excerpt?
AIQ
AIQ
yeah i got it for some reason it wasn't working before
user435118
Did you manage to edit it or do you need help?
AIQ
AIQ
I am able to edit it now ... thanks though ... I think someone was editing it at the same time
and it was giving me errors
user435118
Oh ok, probably
ColleenV
ColleenV
10:47
@AIQ You should vote according to what you think is best for the site. I look at the question in front of me and make a decision. There’s no feasible way to take into account every other similar question on the site. Just because others haven’t been closed doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have been.
ColleenV
ColleenV
10:59
Here’s a question for our potential moderator candidates, “How do you feel about users asking for answers only from native speakers?”
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Although it's an easy question to answer, and probably only useful if you mean to hold the mod at their words later
ColleenV
ColleenV
There’s a certain user who’s back and at it again
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Q: Requests for native speakers to answer questions

WendiKiddI have been seeing a somewhat increasing trend lately of questions which end with a variation of this sentence: I would like to hear a native speaker's opinion, please. Though I am sure that the OPs do not intend any harm, I do not feel this is a productive addition to a question. Honestly ...

discussion questions
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Sigh of course there is
Why does the cross sign on my PC look funny
Should I take it for a covid test
AIQ
AIQ
11:36
@ColleenV hmm ... you gave the answer to the question. I agree with this. But maybe I am biased. If this goes south and users are allowed to request answers from only native speakers, then I will start adding names to my questions. "Seeking answers from ColleenV, Jason Bassford, etc.,"
Joke.
Are we allowed to edit our answers to the questions?
@ColleenV Wait, we are potential moderators. We are already moderator candidates, no?
ColleenV
ColleenV
11:56
@AIQ I forgot the earlier part of my sentence by the time I got to the end of it because my husband starting talking to me as I was typing
AIQ
AIQ
I am just being a jerk, I can't control my fingers I had too much monster tonight ...
ColleenV
ColleenV
But technically, everyone with 300 rep or more is a potential moderator candidate... this will hopefully not be the last election ELL ever has
Ideally the site would get bigger and need more moderators
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Prepotently so.
ColleenV
ColleenV
preposterously so.
AIQ
AIQ
@ColleenV You had to ruin it ...
ColleenV
ColleenV
12:01
I’m an engineer. It’s what we do.
Dash the hopes and dreams of visionaries against the rocks of reality ;) But we sometimes take the dreams and make them real...
AIQ
AIQ
of what kind?
if I may ask
user435118
@ColleenV I am a native speaker. When someone asks specifically for an answer from native speakers, I would ask if there is a specific reason it has to be from a native speaker. If they say that their answer could be better, I would explain that will not always be the case and if the answer is bad/por quality it will hopefully be downvoted by other users to show it is low quality.
user435118
@ColleenV Anything you want me to expand on? ^
ColleenV
ColleenV
12:28
@AIQ My education is electrical engineering with a signal processing speciality
I'm working as a programmer but on stuff that requires my background
@Daniil Sounds good. One thing to be aware of is that some non-native speakers find it offensive to suggest that only native speakers are fluent enough to answer your question.
Frankly, non-native speakers often do a better job of explaining the rules behind something because they've studied it, where a native speaker may be relying on just "knowing".
G Warner
G Warner
@ColleenV Use me as a reason to not request a native speaker. Just because it's my native language doesn't mean I can explain anything about it in a clear and concise manner.
Jasper
Jasper
@CowperKettle Are you having a lockdown there too? Are you allowed to go outside and walk about?
G Warner
G Warner
@ColleenV THATS ME!
Anonymous
Welcome back again @Jasper!
Jasper
Jasper
@snailcar Thanks. Hi, and hi to @ColleenV as well. I see she is no longer a moderator though, and I know why because I was following the drama secretly...
ColleenV
ColleenV
12:36
@Jasper Hi Jasper! Nice to see you again
You've turned a nice shade of ochre, although the blue was nice too.
Jasper
Jasper
@ColleenV Oh, this is just the default one. I just created my account today and will update things later on.
ColleenV
ColleenV
12:50
J.R. didn't pull any punches on the Meta question. I had forgotten how frustrated we were about it.
If you don’t want to hear from the whole community, leave. ELU is a site dedicated to “linguists and serious etymologists.” If that’s who you want your answers from, ask there. As for your concern about "some answers from non-native speakers inadequate at best, if not downright misleading,” that’s what downvotes are for. Most of the time, the community catches those erroneous answers and speaks up. Moreover, nativeness is an unreliable litmus test. I’ve seen some bad answers from native speakers at both sites. — J.R. ♦ Jun 25 '17 at 18:43
Idiom of the day: "didn't pull any punches"
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Jasper We are having a weird regime called "self-isolation", under which people are advised to stay home. The police tends not to notice that everyone is still going around. Thus far they only fine you if you go walking in the center of the city without any excusable purpose, or if you go to a beach for some sun.
I am going for a jog at about 6 am in order not to be a bad example for others.
But kids are still running around in the streets, more so because the schools were closed.
AIQ
AIQ
@ColleenV I remember pointing out in my Meta question something similar
I quoted J.R.: "Note: I'm a native speaker; therefore, I know what I am talking about does not qualify as proof of correctness."
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thus far we have about 1000 people who have been diagnosed as COVID carriers in our city. That's not very much per 1.5 million citizens.
ColleenV
ColleenV
That's good news though
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Every day some 50 to 100 persons are getting diagnosed.
ColleenV
ColleenV
12:55
do you know how many are being hospitalized though?
AIQ
AIQ
@ColleenV Here is a bit of what I wrote: I will always trust native and non-native speakers who have established themselves here and in ELU. The quality of their answers speaks volumes. But sometimes (very rarely though) I find users I can't trust.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Yes, there are statistical bulletins published every day on e1.ru
ColleenV
ColleenV
We see a lot of cases in our state, but most never need the hospital
G Warner
G Warner
@ColleenV I am a native speaker, but I am typically slow-witted, especially when I need to type it out.,and it's hard for me to verbalize my thoughts and thinking. but I think any request that the Native Speaker's Only (NSO) suggestion isn't conversational, iommediately move it to ELU
AIQ
AIQ
@GWarner Yes, some people just want to swim with the sharks
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
12:56
@ColleenV Same here. There are about 30 people right now in Yekaterinburg whose condition is critical
ColleenV
ColleenV
Our state is starting to report "number of tests" instead of "number of people tested" which is making it hard to understand what is going on
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thus far, only 3 people have officially died from COVID, but the Russian system for defining the cause is quite quirky.
ColleenV
ColleenV
People who test positive have to get tested multiple times to determine when they can get out of quarantine, so the numbers of "positive tests" gets inflated.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Another 7 people died with COVID but were considered not to be "COVID deaths"
ColleenV
ColleenV
@CowperKettle Well, everyone's system is really - we're still in the "fog of war" stages
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
12:58
@ColleenV Same here, because the tests have poor specificity
G Warner
G Warner
Florida, USA , has relaxed the Stay at Home, to allow for some 'reduced' activity. WE are mostly split evenly on if it was done to soon.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
An order was issued a couple of weeks ago to consider all persons who present with severe lung symptoms as COVID sufferers by default, no matter what their test results are
ColleenV
ColleenV
Yeah, politicians have an incentive to make things look as bad as possible
But it is also the case that the tests we have suck
G Warner
G Warner
Empty beaches all across the state during spring break is haunting.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
In Russia, the contrary. The free press is peppered with scandals in which officials were hushing up outbreaks
ColleenV
ColleenV
13:00
so what do you do?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
For some reason, officials in Russia have been downplaying the epidemic.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@CowperKettle That's interesting. I guess the incentives are different in Russia
Here, we have an election coming up and the federal government is handing out money to help with COVID outbreaks
So if you are the governor of a state you want to make sure you get the attention and money from the COVID outbreaks
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thus far, three senior (in terms of their posision) doctors have committed suicides in Russia. In two of the cases it was due to their protest to convert their hospitals to COVID hospitals.
ColleenV
ColleenV
and look like you are "doing something" about it
@CowperKettle That's terrible. It is heartbreaking that they felt that was the only way to have their voice heard.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> Third Russian doctor falls from window after criticizing working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic
ColleenV
ColleenV
13:03
Or are we thinking they were "suicides" ?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Several years ago, a set of instructions issued by the GOVT made it quite hard to use the word "suicide" in the press.
G Warner
G Warner
Ghosts of communist rule?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
We have an agency called RosComNadzor that routinely closes websites for describing suicide cases.
@GWarner Yes, a kind of revival.
Officially it is done in order "not to provoke other people to commit suicide"
So many free media often use the word RosComNadzor instead of "suicide"
Such and such person "has committed [RosComNadzor]"
In order to mock Putin's regime
G Warner
G Warner
America has been cultivating it's 'punching bag of democracy' case study for generations.
@CowperKettle "Trump" is becoming a transliteration as well. Not because words or phrases are verboten but is easier on our soft minds.
I'm a procrastinator. When's the election? I need to wade thru mod responses still.
Note to self: Find a good text to speech program.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@CowperKettle I just read that article. It sounds like there is a defenstration epidemic in addition to the COVID pandemic. :( Three doctors in two weeks falling out of a window? Russian windows seem very dangerous.
G Warner
G Warner
13:17
Anyone else finding themselves wanting or actually editing Q and A on other SE sites because of poor use of English? Is this a bad thing?
ColleenV
ColleenV
@GWarner No, every site is intended to be a repository of knowledge. Using standard English and proper punctuation and such makes it easier for everyone to understand.
G Warner
G Warner
I feel vindicated, TY @ColleenV .
So I wonder if rescinding my edit on OPs vehement request takes back the points I earned.. I dont care, dont answer this.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@GWarner There is some text in the help center about how people should be prepared for others to edit their posts. People who don't really understand the model get upset sometimes. The best way to approach it IMO is to explain that you are trying to help their post get the attention and votes it deserves, not point out their mistakes.
Because that's really what you're doing - getting rid of distractions so the content of the post can shine.
G Warner
G Warner
Found an online text to speech reader. HAd to stop while Im in chat.
@col
ColleenV
ColleenV
13:32
I forgot about this - it may help our moderator candidates a bit:
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Q: Moderator Cheat Sheet

user149432As an alternative to the other FAQ format being fleshed out here on Meta Stack Exchange, I'd like to propose something far more terse that covers the bare essential mechanics of being a moderator. Feel free to add more questions, but keep them short: this isn't the place to get into complex mod...

support moderators moderator-faq
G Warner
G Warner
@ColleenV It was obvious even before the edit that the OP wasnt likely to follow anyone's guidelines beforehand. And took issue that someone else wanted to clarify their question/title.
ColleenV
ColleenV
Every site has this in the [help]:
Why can people edit my posts? How does editing work?
G Warner
G Warner
So being new there my upvote I retracted was counted on the question. But the the downvote I added after I retracted my edit wasn't shown. And I explained all this to them. They didn't care.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@GWarner Well, if they're rude flag it instead of interacting with them. And remember, never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
AIQ
AIQ
ColleenV, are we allowed to edit our Q/A?
ColleenV
ColleenV
13:41
@AIQ Your questionnaire? Of course.
If it's not locked, it's fair game.
AIQ
AIQ
ok, I thought once I turn it in I can't change anything
I want to edit my crappy writing
ColleenV
ColleenV
Everyone can see the revision history if they're curious about what changed
AIQ
AIQ
not my stance or opinion
ColleenV
ColleenV
We can all change our votes until the last day of the election
So I don't see any problem with adding to or clarifying what's there
G Warner
G Warner
@ColleenV I think I'll frame that quote!
ColleenV
ColleenV
13:43
@GWarner I used to keep it in my signature for some forums I participated in, just to remind me not to get sucked into pointless arguments.
AIQ
AIQ
Savage.
G Warner
G Warner
I have a 'panoramic' photo in a frame above the monitor. I've been meaning to update it. I think a good quote or two will look nice.
@AIQ Do I need to copy the original first. I want to see your unpolished response. Im kidding of course..
AIQ
AIQ
@GWarner I won't be touching that until after 16 hours from now
I don't know if this is even idiomatic "until after X hours" ... I am spitting out whatever is coming to mind
ColleenV
ColleenV
@AIQ It will be at least 16 hours before I have the chance to even look at it...
Or I'm not going to be able to get to it for at least 16 hours
I how I would say it
AIQ
AIQ
Thanks ColleenV :)
G Warner
G Warner
13:52
@aiq Im not being serious, Im coverting the Q&As to speech anyway, it might be easier if spelling and grammar are corrected.
AIQ
AIQ
You dropped my caps
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Word of the day: righteye flounder
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:16
@ColleenV Yes it is horrible. What's more horrible is that my friends and generaly a lot of Russians do not care at all.
They just do not read any news related to "politics".
Not because they believe Putin, but because they generally consider that "politics" is always dirty.
And that if you go to any rally or support any politician, they will swindle you in the end.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@CowperKettle It is hard to cure people of apathy.
@CowperKettle I believe that too, but I don't mind tilting at windmills sometimes.
I try to balance being informed with drowning myself in horrible stuff and getting outraged over things I can't change. It's not easy lol
Sticking your head in the sand is rarely a good answer to anything.
My husband and I are trying to get more involved in local politics where we might have a chance to make a difference.
There's no point in trying to change things on a national level. We don't have that kind of money
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
15:46
medicalxpress.com/news/…
First patient dosed in a clinical trial of an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
This is quite cool
mRNA vaccines are so new that there are only two Wikipedia articles about them.
Thus far they have been only used in animals.
A prepotently good news.
Jasper
Jasper
@CowperKettle Do you usually use British spelling or American spelling? I noticed you used "center" instead of "centre".
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Jasper Good evening! I don't know English well enough to distinguish between the two ))
I try to use the US spelling
Podcast: How to break America’s covid-19 testing bottleneck
Jasper
Jasper
@CowperKettle I don't know English too well, but I do know a thing or three about spelling, party because I look at dictionaries all the time.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Word of the evening: omphaloskepsis
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I am very omphaloskeptical when it comes to differences in spelling.
 
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userr2684291
userr2684291
17:17
@Jasper Wb.
Jasper
Jasper
17:41
@userr2684291 I see you still have two copies of r in your username.
G Warner
G Warner
Were they supposed to remove it?
Jasper
Jasper
@GWarner Nope, and I see that you are using the singular "they".
G Warner
G Warner
And that matters? I almost typed he, in a generic sense, because I actually don't know userrs gender
Jasper
Jasper
@GWarner I am merely trying to sound profound in an English language chat room.
G Warner
G Warner
And if I seem a bit tense its because I just tried to get through the whole Monica history..
Ahh oh kay. So shall I not try to relax?
Jasper
Jasper
17:51
@GWarner Yes, after doing what you can and want to do, there is nothing left to do, so relax.
By the way @snailcar I usually try to move snails back into the grass when they come out crawling on rainy days so that they don't get stepped on. I use my leg with shoe and do a gentle move though, so I hope they don't get hurt!
G Warner
G Warner
I am a native speaker. I have noticed non natives tend to treat English too rigidly. It's not a fault. It's just concern over not wanting to mis speak it. Learn it it with out making the mistakes that teach.
I better not mention snails in Florida then....
Jasper
Jasper
I did not know about the singular "they" until I came to SE a few years ago.
G Warner
G Warner
Non native?
Jasper
Jasper
I don't really use it myself.
I am native.
But I don't read much, so I don't know many words.
G Warner
G Warner
I don't think I conscientiously note in terms of how I speak. As it was well pointed out earlier, as a native I know it intuitively. I don't necessarily have to understand what present perfect is, what a gerund is, etc.
Jasper
Jasper
17:57
Yes, I also know nothing about grammar in that sense. However, I do know what a noun is.
G Warner
G Warner
owe i know word meanings. just the nitpicky specifics that learners need to understand to be able to get the language
Jasper
Jasper
I do intend to finish CGEL from cover to cover one day though.
G Warner
G Warner
i wont say im well read. , But I can read and understand nearly anything. Retention is the problem. Especially as I age
Jasper
Jasper
Hello @CaptainBohemian how are you? I am back!
@GWarner I see. Don't worry! Age is just a number!
Captain Bohemian
Captain Bohemian
@Jasper I am swamped. How about you?
Jasper
Jasper
18:04
@CaptainBohemian Well, the same. Are you a graduate student now?
G Warner
G Warner
Where's the voting booth around here anyway?
I found the little booth, can I take my drink in there?
Captain Bohemian
Captain Bohemian
@Jasper does graduate student mean master's student?
Jasper
Jasper
@CaptainBohemian Yes, Master or PhD student.
Captain Bohemian
Captain Bohemian
@Jasper have long graduated from the former and just started the latter.
Jasper
Jasper
@CaptainBohemian Congratulations! I am very happy for you! Don't forget me when you win the Nobel prize!
Captain Bohemian
Captain Bohemian
18:15
but I have some problems.
Jasper
Jasper
I see. If you need someone to talk to, I can listen to you.
Captain Bohemian
Captain Bohemian
it's wee hours here now.
Jasper
Jasper
Yes, I am leaving this chat now, good night to you!
G Warner
G Warner
what is the field of study?
New Meta Question
New Meta Question
19:15
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Q: What are the components of English Language teaching?

user366312As far as I understand teaching English means: Teaching how to Listen in English Teaching how to Speak in English Teaching how to Read in English Teaching how to Write in English But, what are their components? For instance, I can say: Teaching to Speak English => (1) Pronunciation, (2) Flu...

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Jasper
Jasper
19:44
@GWarner If I am not wrong, it is physics.
Cardinal
Cardinal
19:54
@CowperKettle LoL
 
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AIQ
AIQ
21:10
Hey guys, would any of you be willing to take a look at the comments here:
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Q: Be in a place vs Be around a place (Difference)

Jordi The WarriorI would like to know the difference between "to be in a country/state/city/place" and "to be around a country/state/city/place." Examples: Jim had been in Washington for years, and knew all the right people. Jim had been around Washington for years, and knew all the right people. I...

prepositions difference adverbs
AIQ
AIQ
21:23
I don't want to really write something up because it might lead to an extended discussion in the comments section - but I feel that I should. Also, given OP's frustration at me and my comment, I feel they may really not understand what I have to say. Also, the last comment ...
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
21:59
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer (168): What does "direct" mean in context? by yes on ell.SE
G Warner
G Warner
22:56
@AIQ It is a good question, however I was able to find a suitable and thorough explanation thru Google. So I can't support its staying open. I do feel a good answer was provided though.
AIQ
AIQ
@GWarner My comment was meant to encourage OP to provide their research details. I never said the question was bad.
But it seems they have taken it in the wrong way
All they had to do was tell us what they have tried and how they were unable to find a suitable or easy explanation.
G Warner
G Warner
Some people do take it to heart. A simple request to include their research in a brief comment is better then lengthy discourse.
AIQ
AIQ
@GWarner I think my mistake was that I used a general comment that includes all possible research methods (dictionaries, google, etc.)
G Warner
G Warner
It seems to me that people already using SE sites are foregoing browser searches in general and just asking here, and it is a lazy students' approach to learning.
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
I feel like Sarah Bowman's comment is a little too much
G Warner
G Warner
23:06
That's my difficulty in asking questions myself. I find I can usually achieve my own answers.
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
But she means well, I believe
G Warner
G Warner
@EddieKal
@EddieKal I feel so too, debating if anothers request she delete it will matter.
AIQ
AIQ
I feel that Sarah Bowman's comment just outright ignored my linked Meta post. We have many meta posts that talk about low quality questions (= no effort, poorly structured, etc.) and discuss how we should encourage users to improve their questions.
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
Her comment may have come from: 1. the original question wasn't pithy. There have been one-liners that were allowed on the site. She may be thinking why single out this question as opposed to other shorter ones
2. Your first comment has multiple questions. That could be perceived as pretty strongly worded. The OP is totally overreacting, but I think if you'd posted a shorter comment with some grammar information/link to another related post, Sarah Bowman wouldn't have chimed in
AIQ
AIQ
@EddieKal Yes, you are right. I think what I did wrong was posting a comment with all possible scenarios. I thought this way I wouldn't need to write specific comments for each user and I can just copy this and paste it when at least one of the questions in the comment applied.
G Warner
G Warner
23:26
Added two comments. Call me Peacemaker for the sake of a worthy question asked in a poor manner.
AIQ
AIQ
@GWarner thanks...
G Warner
G Warner
@AIQ Youy welcome.
AIQ
AIQ
@GWarner OP could have at least looked up the prepositions in a dictionary and stated the definitions. Collins says "If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. This is relevant.
Merriam-Webster: (3a) here and there : from one place to another
//She travels around on business. (1d) d: NEAR //lives around Chicago
G Warner
G Warner
23:46
Simply googled in vs around and got a good answer to begin with.
I still live by my grade school exercise
A bird IN my hand, vs around my hand?
I go hungry if I was hunting
I understand the reluctance to google anymore. there is so much useless info out there
but this was so simple
Still trying to frame my Electrical Engineering question though, I have found good information. But that info explains too many variables that confuse me.
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Q: Glanced over her shoulder around the restaurant

wwweb14She glanced over her shoulder around the restaurant. Does the sentence make sense if she's sitting with her back to the rest of the restaurant? Is it possible to glance over your own shoulder around a place?

phrases
oh wow no preposition tag...
i was gonna add it, but umm it had too many preposition tagsd to choose from

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