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1:28 AM

Yo folks, don't knee-jerkingly close-vote notional-concord questions. Look at the actual usage first. Thanks.

A: A combination of government initiatives (plural or singular)?

The answers so far are oversimplified, arguably to the point of being plain wrong. What you are proposing here is called notional concord: As Quirk et al. 1985 explains it, notional agreement (called notional concord by Quirk and others) is agreement of a verb with its subject or of a pronou...

@crl yes, clearly field. And Körper in German, just like in French. And поле in Russian, just like in English.

Not sure why it's not wiki-linked from

Field (mathematics)

In mathematics, a field is one of the fundamental algebraic structures used in abstract algebra. It is a nonzero commutative division ring, or equivalently a ring whose nonzero elements form an abelian group under multiplication. As such it is an algebraic structure with notions of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division satisfying the appropriate abelian group equations and distributive law. The most commonly used fields are the field of real numbers, the field of complex numbers, and the field of rational numbers, but there are also finite fields, algebraic function fields, algebraic...

I might as well go ahead and wikilink it myself.

Oh it actually is linked. To Corps commutatif.

Mitch

2:31 AM

:28580836, @crl on first glance, that's messed up, because a field (in English) must have commutativity (in both ops). But delving into the French it seems that 'corps' corresponds to 'division ring' and 'corps-commutatif' to 'field' and so all is right with the world (a commutative division ring is necessarily a field... in English).

SmokeDetector

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rahstame

3:08 AM

Hello Everyone!

I have something to consult

Is this title newsworthy? "Brand Will Always be a Free Job portal for Local Employers and Applicants in Dumaguete City" @Mitch , @KitZ.Fox

choster

Whether something is "newsworthy" is inherently a matter of opinion

One newspaper may consider a release newsworthy; its rival may not

rahstame

I mean, just for the title

choster

Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by newsworthy then

rahstame

I am trying to submit a PR to a Local newspaper, and I wanted to come up with a newsworthy title; increase my chance being accepted. Being "newsworthy" is something I need to discuss with the newspaper journalist personally

@choster

choster

3:41 AM

Whether the journalist will find it newsworthy or not depends on the journalist. It isn't something we can really answer here

rahstame

@choster Yes I truly understand that, but what I need help is the title of my article: "Brand Will Always be a Free Job portal for Local Employers and Applicants in Dumaguete City" . I wanted help on your expertise in English if the title is grammatically correct and make sense for the readers.

choster

Yes, it is grammtical, and I think it would be understood. It is wordier than a typical headline would be in a U.S. publication, but that may not apply in your part of the world

rahstame

@choster Thank you, I just need a second opinion. I will be publishing the article to this: sunstar.com.ph/cebu

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SpringLearner

5:04 AM

Hi everybody

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

Hello

SpringLearner

I was asked by manager to attend a program

in reply to the mail

is the below sentence grammatically correct

Hi XYZ,
I will attend the program for sure

regards,

ABC

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

I would leave off the "for sure" part.

SpringLearner

@Sᴋᴜʟʟᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ so you say only

I will attend the program

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

I will definitely attend the program

SpringLearner

5:13 AM

Hi XYZ,
I will definitely attend the program
regards,
ABC

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Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

6:28 AM

Sounds good to me @SpringLearner :-)

SpringLearner

@Sᴋᴜʟʟᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ thanks

Saladin

Hello guys

please correct me this line

", If it is okay with you I like to discuss the details regarding webEx and partnership on call. "

anyone home?

Saladin

7:06 AM

hello

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SmokeDetector

8:38 AM

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Justyna Nogala

10:39 AM

What's up?

crl

Ah thanks guys, for Field

Justyna Nogala

"I was told his father's ship had lain at anchor and they would depart for London the very next day." is it ok?

crl

is cfg/ an acceptable directory/folder name? seems fine for me, my coworder hates short names :)

his ship is on the Thames? ah for London sorry

Justyna Nogala

In the hull harbour

crl

'very' there is for insisting I guess

seems fine

Justyna Nogala

10:43 AM

the name of the port had been mentioned earlier.

So I decided not to add it in this sentence.

IͶΔ

10:54 AM

@JustynaNogala very is an intensifier and it's fine, but it's finer without it.

Justyna Nogala

Just wanted to emphasise that they were probably running out of time, and The Very next day was the last option to get on board.

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SmokeDetector

1:51 PM

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MετάEd

6:06 PM

Are we having fun yet?

IͶΔ

I am.

IͶΔ

6:26 PM

This might be somehow relevant to ELU.

Q: Ways to give users some specific education about question quality and topicality

Important: This question is being asked here, and not on the Programmers Meta, because I believe that several SE sites suffer from this same, specific problem. On Programmers, I see a pattern emerging. New User sees the "Programmers" site title, and asks their incomplete, "fix my broken cod...