I see. Thanks. But giving the control to Damkereng here isn't such a good idea. He constantly argues discredits every single thing I say here. So what can I do except to get a bit grumpy? I try my best to be friendly with everyone here @Shog9
@arrowfar Damkereng already has control. He is the owner of this room, and the most regular participant. He should know the dynamics of the room and be able to detect when things have gone from conversational to combative.
Just because you disagree on some things doesn't mean he must behave unfairly when there is conflict; disagreement is normal, and good, as long as it is discussed constructively.
@Shog9 Yeah, I agree. I like him too. But I don't like the bias here. He and MA were talking about banning me here the other day. So what can I do in such a situation? That's why I involved you guys. I want an unbiased person here. Damk is not a very good idea. Maybe Andrew.
Inspired from Criteria for chatting and its comments, I think there is a need to review this restriction.
I joined 20 other sites (out of the many) and gained the required rep to chat in any of the chatrooms.
I gained 20 rep by getting the default 1 rep in 20 different SE sites. This can be...
@MARamezani I'd had this in mind for a couple of days (the first day after that incident, I think). I was really thinking about stepping aside, and moving my English usage analysis to a new room (still anyone is free to join).
@MARamezani It's just part of my way of life. Not that I will always avoid conflicts (it'll be different if it's about my home), but perhaps it's probably better for the sake of the community.
@MARamezani About that, if you're talking about way earlier this month (or probably late last month, I can't remember the exact date), I wasn't at my computer until it was too late. And I was about to force (tell) you to apologize, but you surprised me by apologize him before I did anything, and that to me showed that you're quite mature in your own way.
@DamkerngT. Now I say this for the final time: People can be misunderstood. People can be in a bad mood. People can be feeling like fighting. People can falsely believe they're teased. That doesn't mean leaving someone like that makes anything better. I don't wanna attack @arrowfar, but it's really possible that backing down because of a misunderstanding would make that people realize how things are. It could makes things worse.
But I think the matter is settled now. So I don't comment anything on it.
Example with a context (Rare deep-sea encounter with sperm whale videotaped off Louisiana):
The footage reveals the curious nature of an iconic species of toothed whale that is known to dive deeply into the abyss in search of its favorite prey, the giant squid.
Do we not need an article bef...
I heard that there is a film being made. If so, please consider my poster:
Then people at the Tavern (Lasse V. Karlsen, Yi Jiang, Diago, Tim) had some suggestions:
Anyway, I hope people make some good suggestions for plot, etc. ... Good luck with filming and stuff.
Aiden
Also, Resemblan...
@Lamart I've edited your question, and swapped my downvote to upvote, as it's completely a different thing now. (I just disagreed with increasing rep required for chat room as per your original)
Oh, I think something is wrong with the profile page now. The CSS looks wrong!
I think you're mixing apples and oranges here. The word complete in "You complete me" has a different meaning than the word complete in "Let's complete the homework assignment tomorrow." They are listed as meanings 8 & 9 in Collins; one means "finish" while the other means "make more whole or prefect." Besides, everyone knows that "completed" homework assignments are rarely "perfect" assignments – that's why teachers carry red pens! ;^) — J.R. ♦1 min ago
@J.R. I thought of it as half full vs. half empty.
Arguably, complete means finish (I think I saw a dictionary a say so), but when I try to think of the real senses between the two, they're really like expressing the same thing from two angles.
"half full vs. half empty" is probably a bad metaphor here.
Then again, saying that it could be looked at from different angles could also be misleading.
In my,
> But once you complete me, my life is "perfect".
I tried so hard to think of a better simple word, but eventually couldn't come up with any better word!
(I didn't really want to use "perfect", but how could one explain what "complete" is without saying either "finish" or "complete"?)
I'm going to reply to a message I got earlier, so give me a moment :-)
@MARamezani There's nothing wrong with speaking a non-standard dialect of English, and I certainly wouldn't want someone to think that they shouldn't do so in my presence. One of the things linguists try to do is combat prejudice against language variation
Which brings me to another topic. I've said this before, but maybe I didn't express myself very well, so let me try again:
When we talk about language, we aren't competing. Nobody wins, and nobody loses. We're collaborating, trying to work together so we can learn about language. No one should be afraid of what someone here might think when they speak English, whether they're speaking their native dialect or their own non-native variety of the language.
And nobody should be afraid of making mistakes here. You have to make mistakes in order to learn.
It can be a bit uncomfortable having your language put under a microscope and analyzed. That's fine, and I understand that. That's why I think we should only offer corrections when we know people want corrections. When I give people feedback, it's not because I'm the language police, and it's not something anyone should be worried about―I'm just trying to help :-)
Looks like someone already asked about finish and complete over on ELU!
@pazzo Yes, but we have to be careful not to make a generalization like "whose can always have inanimate reference", which is false
Interrogative whose must have animate reference, while relative whose can have animate or inanimate reference
> Whose car is that? ← interrogative whose must have animate reference
> At the general level we will define a past tense as one whose primary or characteristic use is to indicate past time. ← relative whose can have inanimate reference (as it does here, referring to tense via one)
Inspired from Criteria for chatting and its comments, I think there is a need to review this restriction.
I joined 20 other sites (out of the many) and gained the required rep to chat in any of the chatrooms.
I gained 20 rep by getting the default 1 rep in 20 different SE sites. This can be...
Example with a context (Rare deep-sea encounter with sperm whale videotaped off Louisiana):
The footage reveals the curious nature of an iconic species of toothed whale that is known to dive deeply into the abyss in search of its favorite prey, the giant squid.
Do we not need an article bef...
I heard that there is a film being made. If so, please consider my poster:
Then people at the Tavern (Lasse V. Karlsen, Yi Jiang, Diago, Tim) had some suggestions:
Anyway, I hope people make some good suggestions for plot, etc. ... Good luck with filming and stuff.
Aiden
Also, Resemblan...
I am confused about when to use finish instead of complete and vice versa.
May you help me in understanding when to use those words?
