今思うと thinking back now, when I think back
When you see phrases like 思うと, 見ると, 振り返ると, 考えると etc., the following sentence is the content or result of the verb.
I think the と between よかった and 思います is necessary. There might be an error in your quote.
よかった is a kind of interjection. It is not just “...
Right... from now on, if you've got a problem with downvotes, feel free to bring it up on meta or flag it if you think it's serial (although serial votes get picked up by an automated system anyways, which should be a hint for you). Comments about voting that have no topic-relevant content are noise, and will be deleted as such.
yes i know they should get picked up by the system. i don't think it's just me but i think i'm in the SAD's "all the questions from this bunch of people are beneath me" group
@hippietrail "SAD" (... ugh) isn't even remotely 1 person. But it does seem to be an excuse for a number of people to avoid thinking about improving their questions.
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12:07 PM
I did go and delete most of the comments about "the SAD" a few days ago.
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(Think about readers coming in from Google on individual questions trying to find answers. Will they find these comments, which are generally displayed above the answers, useful?)
I don't really have a problem with a comment that is asking "Why the downvote?"... as that's just trying to prod a useful conversation into being. But the complaining, projecting, and trying to turn this into some sort of campaign is just noise.
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There have been times when I haven't been able to see any reason for a downvote.
Anonymous
In those cases, I usually upvote. :-)
Anonymous
12:31 PM
I think that many (though not all) of the questions which get downvotes lack research effort
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Does someone need to tell Dave M G that we're no longer JLU? Or do you think he's using JLU on purpose anyway because he likes it? :-)
I know the difference in meaning between the two: できます being "to be able to" or "can do", and わかります being "to understand how to" or "to know". I also know a simple sentence structure for both: "Person は Noun が (できます/わかります)" However, I can't understand which one to use in a sentence. Especially wi...
This is a beginner question so it might seem like it doesn't make sense to ask, because the OP is confused... But I think we should encourage beginner questions :-)
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And I think we should make allowances for when people are confused, because that's when they need to ask questions! :-)