I earned this hat, I See Your Point, on Stack Overflow, but at the time it popped up (a few hours ago), I hadn't actually been doing anything on SO for some time prior to that. Nor did I get any reputation, upvotes, badges, or other obvious activity that would easily explain it. This also seem...

The unicorn hat is still stumping those of us who discuss these things in chat. Has anyone had it awarded yet? And is anyone ready to break the oath of silence that comes with it?

Is it correct to say "Current is cut today"? If saying "It is written, it is broken and it is spoken" is correct, what's wrong with this?

Now that you've provided the complete context, I think it is safe to say two things. Whichever variant works best for the last sentence in isolation — and it is easy to imagine that all three do, depending on dialect and register —, since the construction is repeated in the other two sentences,...

Sasha: Welcome to EL&U (and I mean that sincerely). When I was in school, there was a common refrain: there's no such thing as a stupid question. The sentiment was, if you are confused about something, you shouldn't be afraid to ask. I still believe that's true – there's no such thing as a stup...

There is nothing wrong with that, quite the opposite. In fact you can even win a nice shiny badge by reviving and answering an old question!

Simply link the word to its dictionary definition. Observe: Ghoti. — 6 characters. Ghoti. — 56 characters. This pushes your answer over the 30-character limit and makes it considerably more helpful, as the OP might not know that word. In fact, that might be the very reason why he's ...

This has nothing to do with sex. In the recent past I have had two oddball encounters with posters using images in a manner that seemed... less than constructive. Both of these happen to have been links to webcomics; both of them occurred on sister sites. (One on Skeptics, one on English.) Neit...

This details my first and second impressions as both a lurker and asker. These are obviously opinions, and they are pretty harsh, so be warned. (Also, I didn't really proofread this because I had to bug out immediately after finishing. If you see a typo, go ahead and fix it.) First impressions ...

I have been noticing more and more of a split between what the target audience of Skeptics.SE is. I am under the impression that Stack Exchange sites are built around the idea of attracting experts on a given subject. In the case of Skeptics.SE, who are those experts? What do they look like? What...

Is there a single word to describe an object or idea that is so desirable that everyone wants to attain it but once they have it they are immediately cursed? The idea is often used in literature—some examples: In Lord of the Rings, the 'one ring' is a perfect example of this. In Guy de Maupass...

To throw my own opinion into the mix, this is what I think we should be aiming for: We want to attract people who know English very well but may not realize it yet. There is an odd sense of accomplishment in reading a difficult question, knowing the answer and then immediately reading why that ...

For instance take the following sentence, "Jack decided that it was time for him and his friends to go to the playground." In my opinion the words "Jack" and "playground", are more significant than "it" and "for." Is there a general principle that explains that sort of subjectivity?

The question you ask, “Can the antecedent ever be used in a prepositional phrase?” is of course, certainly it can. Proof: After the meteorite fell on Jack, he was never again the same. Jack likes running with Jill. She is a good person. Jack likes running with Jill. He is a good pe...