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Q: What's the meaning of "worth noting"?

@WillHunting Hi!

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I often encounter these words: worth noting, but don't know what's the meaning. Is it meaning that something important or important?

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Nuke it!

Close, yes?

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@Mahnax Yes!

5:13 AM

I already GR VTC'D.

I was the second one.

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I was the first, I win!

Aww.

Well, second place isn't bad.

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Daniel is rising rapidly to the top of the charts.

Yep.

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He might end up in fourth place by the end of the year!

5:17 AM

His rep collection is impressive.

I don't answer much these days.

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How is schoolwork?

Oh, it's okay.

I really don't like these labs.

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Nvm, you are going to be a mathematician, no need to go to the labs!

Oh, but there is a need!

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Well, only for now.

5:23 AM

Yes.

I want to keep my Biology mark high.

It's currently at 93%.

@Will How was your day?

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@Mahnax I am trying to sleep at night instead of the day, hehe. I woke up at 8am today. Oh the photo was taken yesterday by my friend.

@WillHunting You look very nice in the photo.

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@Mahnax You too!

@WillHunting Gosh, thanks.

A few of my scales are showing, though. blushes

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@Mahnax But you are not a fish! Oh pythons have scales too!

Q: I need another phrase for "I look forward to eagerly"?

5:31 AM

@WillHunting Yes!

Cerberus

5:48 AM

Hi!

reapproaching sobriety

How are you today??

David Wallace

6:12 AM

I read too quickly. I though for a moment you said "reproaching sobriety".

Cerberus

That, too.

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6:51 AM

@Cerberus Sobriety has two senses. Which do you refer to?

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8:14 AM

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I am writing my SOP and want another phrase as thins is sounding really desperate to me.... can u please help me out....

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Not a real question.

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8:40 AM

@matt Boo!

hullo!

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@MattЭллен How was your Sat?

pretty good. hung out with friends and did consumerist stuff.

how was yours?

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@MattЭллен I went to fly kites!

@WillHunting oh right! I think I read that. With one kite that was over 9000 times its own size

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8:53 AM

@MattЭллен Well, it's true that there was one kite that was way larger than the others. And I was surprised to see that they could go so far. I could not even trace who was flying which!

Were you flying any?

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I was just watching my friends fly mostly, hahaha.

Was it a special occasion?

Q: What is a word with two synonyms that are antonyms (other than cleave)

10:57 AM

drooplicate:

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My wife read on a trivia website that there is only one word in the English language which has two synonyms that are antonyms. The word was cleave, which has the synonyms adhere and separate. I find this hard to believe given the large number of English words, and the large number of loan words...

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Q: Can anyone provide me with a list of English words that are their own antonyms?

I am looking for a list of all English words that are their own antonyms. Off the top of my head, I can only think of "either", "fast", "to dust" and "to lease", but there must be dozens more. Can you provide a link to a comprehensive list, if such exists? Also, what are such words most commonly...

list-request antonyms

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@MattЭллен I was editing this question when suddenly it got merged and I could not effect my edit, jinx!

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@MattЭллен Nope, just the occasional gathering.

@WillHunting sounds like fun. I used to have a kite when I was a child, but the lines got tangled and I just got bored of it

Q: What is the standard way to answer a question that is asking for confirmation?

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Now, this is something all native english speakers should have learned in grade school, but many non-native english speakers don't know how to answer a question unambiguously. In particular, in the comments for this question (don't worry about the meaning) the response to my request for clarific...

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What is being asked here?

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Looks like the spider and the elepahnt will be retained for a while.

11:07 AM

Oh! I know what the SWR badge is! single-white-russian

@RegDwightѬſ道 as far as I can tell he wants to know how to answer a question that can be answered yes or no. Also, it seems to be a peeve

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@RegDwightѬſ道 A question.

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@MattЭллен He said he is annoyed with disrespect of the English language.

"How should one generally answer simple yes/no questions" is too broad.

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For that I have to upvote his question.

The other question is too localized. Plus the information needed to answer it is not included. You have to click through to another site.

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11:10 AM

@RegDwightѬſ道 Well, the answer is "yes, ..." or "no, ...".

@WillHunting I think you are not helping.

Mar 12 at 10:01, by RegDwight Ѭſ道

If you gonna upvote a question, at least fix the blatant misspellings.

Unclear questions that can't even spell "English" correctly are not to be upvoted.

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@RegDwightѬſ道 I noticed and reversed my upvote to a downvote.

Lulz.

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Just to please you.

You can be so sweet, Matt Damon.

Vitaly

11:15 AM

@Reg Spent.

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@RegDwightѬſ道 Nah, I am myself now as you can see, I will change the name back too in two weeks!

ohhhh, @Jez missed out here. He loves a bit of Victoria Coren

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@MattЭллен I remember her!

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I am thinking how to rewrite that ambiguous sentence.

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Q: Who had cancer?

Read this sentence: Lindsey told Jessica that she had cancer. Who had cancer? Is there any rule in English to claim it definitely?

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11:19 AM

I was too, then I got bored. I should do something with my day

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That is why I have not posted an answer. A few possibilities come to mind but none are satisfactory.

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@MattЭллен Do this: wait for the night.

well, I do that passively

I want to do something actively. I think I'll shave my stuble

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Is it alright to use "former" and "latter" there?

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@MattЭллен So no more beard?

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11:21 AM

Is it alright to reuse their names there?

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These are the two doubts.

@WillHunting lots of beard

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@MattЭллен stubble

@Reg: Damn, 15 points. I had to switch to fight and it wasn't enough.

@Robusto I fired one last shot 17 seconds before the end. And won. But it didn't count, of course.

11:25 AM

Wasted a level-up. Wah.

Well that was the plan!

Then it worked!

Phanthastick!

I couldn't surge against those decks. Got nasty LtW every frickin' time.

Q: How to find a collective name for a description?

Back on topic, I left a comment on that peeving question. Had to reword it many times so as not to sound like a total prick, but then kind of gave up.

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I need to find a word (or two) that would have a reasonable close meaning to the description: "a collection of facts and arguments used to arrive at an explanation [of some (thing|concept|idea|...)]"More generally I would appreciate if someone can give leads to how to 'create' such collectives. I...

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I don't think he understands what collective nouns are.

11:28 AM

@RegDwightѬſ道 I think it was a nice little salvo. And it's OK to peeve in comments.

Also, the question on SO that bothered him was dumb, but at least clear.

@RegDwightѬſ道 good work

Yeah. I am king at giving up.

Anyway. How do we reword this question here, so it makes sense?

Reverse dictionaries have nothing to do with collective nouns.

Sometimes they do.

But he's confusing "collection" and "collective" ...

Yes. And sometimes they are all about prepositions or expletives.

@RegDwightѬſ道 Fuck that.

11:32 AM

My main problem is that this question is two in one.

My main problem is that I don't feel like cleaning up someone else's mess before I've had my coffee.

I already tried in WMT and look how well that went.

Mahlzeit.