English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Mitch

01:34

@MετάEd groan

commits to memory for nephew

@MετάEd isn't that... just a single plex?

skill patrol

06:18

What's a complex then?

IͶΔ

06:40

Coordination complex

In chemistry, a coordination complex or metal complex consists of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the coordination centre, and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ligands or complexing agents. Many metal-containing compounds, especially those of transition metals, are coordination complexes. == Nomenclature and terminologyEdit == Coordination complexes are so pervasive that their structures and reactions are described in many ways, sometimes confusingly. The atom within a ligand that is bonded to the central metal atom or ion...

skill patrol

thnx

IͶΔ

07:40

Hey @John

John Clifford

Hey @IͶΔ.

IͶΔ

How is you today?

John Clifford

I'm good thanks, you?

IͶΔ

I ate a kilogram of cake today.

Feeling great!

John Clifford

That's an oddly specific measurement.

IͶΔ

07:43

I'm sometimes more precise than usual.

skill patrol

Le Grand Kilogram?

John Clifford

What kind of cake did you eat a kilogram of?

THAT'S RIGHT PRESCRIPTIVISTS I ENDED A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford A delicious kind of cake.

John Clifford

All cake is delicious, I require additional data.

IͶΔ

Needed a det. there. (/¯◡ ‿ ◡)/¯ ~ ┻━┻

@JohnClifford It wasn't as large as a whale.

John Clifford

07:45

Flipping tables casual af

Was it smaller than a breadbox?

IͶΔ

Depends on the breadbox.

John Clifford

Okay, now we're getting somewhere.

What flavour of cake was it?

IͶΔ

Strawberry, with extra strawberry

skill patrol

Yummy

John Clifford

EL&U is being invaded by a crazy Londoner, apparently.

IͶΔ

07:57

@JohnClifford Eh?

John Clifford

-3

Q: U gets me blud, or does u by any of those chances not yh?

Whence one individual homokunt weighs a total of 99 squid, and eats one full squid of nachos, is be him percentage 1 of el nachos

meaning

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Q: Why is hesty an absolute bell end?

Cos he is a bell 🔔 And u isn't Lest it be As it were U chatting absolute breeze m9 Take a lap

meaning

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported question: Why is hesty an absolute bell end? by Federico Torti on english.stackexchange.com …

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IͶΔ

08:26

(ﾉ＾◡＾)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

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Q: Name for interior design style- room decorated with stuffed animals, animal skins and horns

I would like to know whether there is a term for interior design styles which decorate rooms with stuffed animals, animal skins and horns？ Country style seems related but does not seem to quite fit. Taxidermic style seems closer but apparently does not exist. Example sentence: The dining room i...

single-word-requests

John Clifford

That sure is a bunch of answers.

IͶΔ

(ﾉ＾◡＾)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

John Clifford

Is there any emotion you don't flip tables with? :P

IͶΔ

I'd call it a fancy room.

John Clifford

Hunting lodge is probably the closest I've seen posted there.

IͶΔ

08:29

@JohnClifford But, but, BUT table flips are the awesomest creation of mankind! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

John Clifford

But honestly I don't consider that so much an interior design style as a choice of decoration.

Lawrence

@IͶΔ (jk) The junkyard style, if the animals, skins and horns are all stuffed.

IͶΔ

Zoo style

If they're stuffed with organic material and moving

John Clifford

What if it's pets that are stuffed with food?

IͶΔ

Then that's there's-no-food-left style.

John Clifford

08:33

That's the style I decorate my kitchen in when the cats are around.

I was cutting up chicken for enchiladas last night and Louis kept jumping up on the counter trying to get at it. I swear I was about to turn him into handbags.

IͶΔ

It's pretty neat.

There's no waste.

No nothing actually

John Clifford

And that was after giving each cat an entire packet of Felix each (we usually give them a half packet in the evening)

IͶΔ

Poor Felix.

John Clifford

I mean, I usually give them all the skeevy bits of chicken that are too bloody or stringy for me to eat anyway, and he was still trying to get at the good stuff.

Bloody cat.

Why can't he be more like JJ? She never jumps up on the counter trying to eat my dinner.

Lawrence

@IͶΔ I can make out the face in the ascii art, but what does the flipped table symbol (and the connecting arc symbol) signify?

John Clifford

08:35

@Lawrence Have you seriously not come across the ASCII flipping-a-table-in-frustration meme? :P

IͶΔ

@Lawrence Table flip is an internet meme, lemme find a link for you

Lawrence

@JohnClifford Not really. The face looks rather happy, actually.

IͶΔ

knowyourmeme.com/memes/flipping-tables

John Clifford

That's just INA being silly with it.

Usually it's accompanied with an angry face.

Saladin

i cannot correct this line

"Also, to inform you that we are in Partners with CISCO."

is it correct?

John Clifford

08:40

"Also, just to [inform you|let you know], we are now in partnership with CISCO."?

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford (╯ಠ_ಠ）╯︵ ┻━┻

John Clifford

You put that table right back where it belongs, mister. We've got a dinner party to prepare for!

IͶΔ

┬─┬ ノ( ^_^ノ)

Saladin

thanks @JohnClifford

John Clifford

That's better.

skill patrol

08:42

Lawrence

@IͶΔ Thanks!

John Clifford

I feel weird commenting from the review queue on a flagged answer from someone who has more rep than I do.

IͶΔ

@Lawrence (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

John Clifford

It's like I'm calling a teacher out for presenting the material wrong.

Lawrence

@IͶΔ Pokemon?

IͶΔ

08:44

Yeah, Pikachu

John Clifford

Speaking of Pokemon, who's getting Pokemon Go when it comes out?

IͶΔ

Let's talk so that GIF scrolls off.

John Clifford

It's so hypnotic.

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford Not me. My only affiliation with pokemon is that emoticon.

John Clifford

(o'-'o)

skill patrol

08:45

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IͶΔ

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John Clifford

I'm looking forward to it. I'm a big fan of Ingress, so I think it'll be good fun.

IͶΔ

Knowyourmeme is the only site on the Net that's so serious about nonserious things.

It's like when Wikipedia is talking about profanity.

John Clifford

08:46

I dunno, have you ever seen www.mspaintadventures.com?

Hussie plays a lot of stuff in his comics straight as fuck considering how nonsensical it can get. :P

skill patrol

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Is it gone yet for you guys?

John Clifford

It's gone.

skill patrol

Sorry about that

gifs are nasty in here :(

John Clifford

english.stackexchange.com/review/close/172812

Hmm, I'm not so sure this does belong on ELL, but I can't decide how to vote.

I suppose lack of research is a valid one.

skill patrol

yup

IͶΔ

08:53

@JohnClifford These are times when I sense there's something lacking in ELL's closure policy.

Lawrence

@JohnClifford After going through it a few times, I think the title isolates the problem sufficiently - although there's a legitimate homework call, there's also the alternative that it's really about the jump vs (hadn't known / didn't know) mismatch.

John Clifford

That's what I thought. I went with a closevote for lack of research instead.

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford Nopes

Checking it

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

09:34

@Saladin Also, for your information, we are partners with CISCO.

Justyna Nogala

Hey guys!

IͶΔ

\o

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

Yo, wazzup?

Justyna Nogala

I feel I have done something wrong here. "The reader is unable to fully comprehend the MT outcome because of its vague and imprecise structure, and even if they are able to do so, this involves a long process of deduction and absorbs precious time."

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

What does "MT" stand for?

Justyna Nogala

09:40

and I must apologize to you, becasue, every time I pop up in here I have a sentence to bo corrected. ;( ;D

terdon

@JustynaNogala "The reader is unable to fully comprehend the MT outcome because of its vague and imprecise structure and, even if they were able to do so, this would involve a long process of deduction and take up precious time."

Justyna Nogala

Machine Translation of course.

terdon

"of course" because that's what everyone thinks of when they see "MT" :P

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

I think of mountain time :-)

terdon

I think of mitochondria.

To each their own...

Justyna Nogala

09:41

what would that supposed to mean? :D

terdon

What?

IͶΔ

Magic Train

Justyna Nogala

Mountain time. I know that the higher you climb the slower the time passes.

IͶΔ

Missile Touch

Masquerade Traffic

Oh.

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

It is a time zone @JustynaNogala

terdon

09:43

@JustynaNogala It's a US time zone

IͶΔ

@JustynaNogala Absorbs precious time? Haha

Justyna Nogala

What? ;D the time you spend on doin everything is precious.

John Clifford

I've never heard of time being absorbed.

What's it absorbed into?

Justyna Nogala

why do we say "time-absorbing" ?

terdon

@JustynaNogala We don't.

John Clifford

09:46

We say time-consuming.

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

As terdon has shown change the "are" to "were." @JustynaNogala

terdon

Of course, some of those present here apologize that, so nothing is sacred anymore.

Justyna Nogala

oh yeah

my bad :D

John Clifford

Oh don't start with that again @terdon.

terdon

@JohnClifford I named no names!

Justyna Nogala

09:47

anyway how can one consume time/.

John Clifford

I apologise that you can't get with the times. XD

terdon

cough weirdos cough

John Clifford

We're consuming time right now.

terdon

:P

Justyna Nogala

time is an abstract thing.

you can't consume it like a potato.

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

09:48

It is?

terdon

@JustynaNogala Abstract but not absorbed.

John Clifford

I was reading the discussion about that afterwards terdon, and I think it is likely that it's sort of an amalgamation with "I'm sorry that"

Consumption doesn't have to be physical.

IͶΔ

Absorbs time with a sponge

John Clifford

Like, we're not talking about literally eating clocks.

Consume just means use up, deplete.

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford We're eating Einstein's relativity.

terdon

09:49

@JohnClifford Joking apart, I'm quite intrigued by it. As I said, I've never heard it and would have assumed anyone who used it to be non-native. I also confirmed this with my Dad who is several years older and a native AmE speaker. It might be some kind of BrE thing.

John Clifford

Yummy, yummy relativity.

Justyna Nogala

really?

John Clifford

@terdon I thought the same thing. I'm sure other people here say it too.

Justyna Nogala

along with the bones?

terdon

@JohnClifford Well, snailboat found some coca hits but NGrams suggest that apologize that is far, far rarer. Shrugs. Language changes.

John Clifford

09:50

Maybe I'm just the weird guy who apologises that things. That would explain why nobody wants to sit next to me on the bus.

terdon

:)

John Clifford

I once accidentally a whole apologised that

IͶΔ

@terdon Where?

I'm not seeing any chatting on ELL's Cabin or LO.

terdon

13 hours ago, by snailboat

http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/?c=coca&q=46409432

John Clifford

I saw the discussion earlier when snailboat was looking for it.

terdon

09:52

And the messages just after it.

IͶΔ

Ahh

John Clifford

I'm just gonna learn Gaelic and get back to my roots, English is nonsense.

IͶΔ

stackoverflow.com/research/…

terdon

Still, even the COCA results show that for is orders of magnitude more common than that:

APOLOGIZE   FOR   1707
APOLOGIZED  FOR    954
APOLOGIZING FOR    490
APOLOGIZES  FOR    174
APOLOGIZED  THAT    22
APOLOGIZE   THAT    17
APOLOGISE   FOR     15
APOLOGIZING THAT    14
APOLOGISED  FOR     11
APOLOGIZES  THAT     8
APOLOGISES  FOR      1

So much so, I would be inclined to put it down to typos or other mistakes.

John Clifford

Oh, I was never disputing that apologise that was more common or even popular.

I do use it intentionally though.

terdon

09:55

Fair enough

@JohnClifford Unapologetically, then?

:P

IͶΔ

I apologize that "apologize that" gets many COCA results.

John Clifford

I mean, if you're dismissing the "that" results as typos on the basis of those numbers, you'd also have to dismiss the British spelling of apologise. :P

Unapologetically indeed. :)

IͶΔ

Apologiszes that

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

Intriguing indeed @terdon

John Clifford

Did snailboat look for "apologise that" though? If it's BrE that might get more hits.

terdon

09:57

@JohnClifford Ha! Fair point, but that is the corpus of contemporary American English.

John Clifford

True.

COCB!

terdon

Even in BrE, NGrams show the same thing:

Huh, looking at the actual instances, most seem to be "apologise. That..." or "apologise, that..." as well as a few that are clearly non-natives speaking.

John Clifford

Well if nothing else, I've started an interesting discussion. :)

terdon

yes, no need to apologise that that.

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

::smack:: I apologize for hitting you

John Clifford

10:00

Okay, let's look at it this way. Would you say that "I apologise" and "I'm sorry" are synonymous?

terdon

@JohnClifford They can be, yes.

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford Mayhaps

John Clifford

And you can say "I'm sorry that [something]", right?

I'm sorry that I hurt you, for example.

terdon

Sure. But not apologise :)

John Clifford

So it logically follows that you could say "I apologise that I hurt you."

IͶΔ

10:01

But conveying the same meaning doesn't mean having the same usage.

Sᴋᴜʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟ

Is the "z" Brit

IͶΔ

No, it doesn't logically follow.

Language ain't no logical d00d

terdon

@JohnClifford No, that's a spurious argument.

Sure is a synonym of certain, but you can't say certain you can come along just because you can say sure you can come along.

John Clifford

Sure in that context is a colloquial usage, though.

terdon

Makes no difference.

My point is that just because two words are synonymous, doesn't mean they can replace each other in any sentence without having to rearrange the sentence a bit.

John Clifford

10:04

And if you turn it into the adverb certainly you can use that. :P

I wasn't saying that was a global thing, just that I don't see the problem with doing so in that case.

terdon

@JohnClifford Precisely, you need to change it.

@JohnClifford Which suggests that at least some native speakers do say it. It was just news to me, is all.

John Clifford

The difference is that in that sentence "certain" and "sure" do not mean the same thing. In the case under discussion, "I'm sorry" and "I apologise" have exactly the same meaning IMO.

It's interesting that it's a lot less common than I thought it was, though.

I've written a post about it on Facebook to see if I can generate further discussion on the topic.

terdon

@JohnClifford I'll see if I can come up with a better one.

John Clifford

Maybe I should post it as a question on EL&U.

But the only answers I'll get are the NGRAM and COCA results. :P

terdon

@JohnClifford Nah, if you post a question, you would have to include both the NGRam and COCA results and ask, for example, whether this is a regional variation and if anyone can narrow the usage down to a particular geographical region.

John Clifford

10:08

That is true.

I think I might, actually. Someone might have further information.

terdon

Go for it. Let me know, please.

IͶΔ

Let's @ter know

Fortunately, the internet has a virtually inexhaustible supply of code that doesn't work and people who are wrong, which bodes well for a return to normalcy. [Note: Click to read context for the cancer comics. She's doing well.]

Aww

Oh wait.

How is it possible?

I just realized how weird it is that these chats generate so much talk.

BalajiB

yep

John Clifford

Can you embed an ngram in a post or do people just take screenshots of the result?

IͶΔ

@JohnClifford 2.

terdon

10:23

@JohnClifford Also include the link though.

John Clifford

10:34

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Q: You can apologi(s|z)e *for* something, but can you apologi(s|z)e *that* something?

An interesting discussion came up in the chat following a sentence I suggested in another question where I said something along the lines of "I apologise that I have a prior commitment." or "I apologise that I will be unavailable this evening." To my eye and ear, this is a perfectly valid constr...

word-usage

Lawrence

11:05

We're still on apologise for vs that? The distinction is like that of vote for vs vote that - e.g. "I vote for my favourite candidate" vs "I vote that my favourite candidate be elected". They're both grammatical, just used differently. E.g. "She apologises for being late" vs "She apologises that she is late".

terdon

@Lawrence It's really not that clear. I, and others, would consider I apologise that to be flat our wrong. I would certainly have changed it if I were editing.

Hmm, this is interesting:

books.google.it/…

skill patrol

You don't apologise that way.

Lawrence

11:31

@terdon Interesting link. I disagree with the rejection of the final line in your presentation - the sentiment is invalid, but it's a grammatical sentence that admits the speaker makes an apology so that or in order that (s)he may be permitted to behave badly. It doesn't convey the idea of the page 23 pair, but equally, that pair doesn't convey the idea of the to construct.

terdon

@Lawrence Not sure what you mean. I apologize so that I may be permitted to is fine but not at all the same as I apologize that. It is the latter I find objectionable.

Lawrence

(cont'd) Would it help to state that in apologise for, the word apologise is performative but in apologise that it isn't?

terdon

@Lawrence Not really. I guess my problem is that I don't accept (as in, it sounds strange to my ears) the use of apologize as anything but performative (if that's the right term).

Lawrence

@terdon I wasn't linking apologise that with apologise to, just pointing out that I don't agree with the the referenced text's disagreement with apologise that/to, and that the case against apologise to is unfounded, so the case against apologise that can't be taken at face value either. :)

John Clifford

I'm honestly surprised nobody's downvoted the question yet. XD

I've really enjoyed the discussion on it though.

terdon

11:38

How is the case against apologize to unfounded? That would only work if you're apologizing to someone or apologizing in order to do something else. You can't apologize to a behavior though.

Lawrence

@terdon How about "He apologises to her"? Surely you'd accept the validity of that "apologise to" construct. But I'd be surprised if you said it was performative in that case.

@terdon "That would only work if you're ... apologizing in order to do something else" - exactly! I might have been somewhat opaque about it, though. Apologies.

@terdon "You can't apologise for a behaviour" - hmm, I thought you were arguing that it was the only way to apologise.

John Clifford

Thanks for your input Lawrence.

terdon

@Lawrence That's fine, that's what I meant when I said it would work if you're apologizing to someone.

@Lawrence I'm afraid you might have been, yes :)

@Lawrence Umm. Yes, sorry, I meant to.

By the way, @Lawrence I believe your Greek analysis is flawed.

John Clifford

Combined with Mari-Lou's linked passage, I'm happy that the sentence I wrote is acceptable enough. The apology being made is unambiguous enough that it can't be said I was attempting to divert blame with that construction.

terdon

The word may come from Greek but that has no bearing on how it behaves in English. More importantly, the Greek word doesn't actually mean apologize. Certainly not in modern Greek anyway.

Assuming the Ancient meaning is similar, it is closer to explain oneself.

Ah, yes, that's also what the definition you quote says.

John Clifford

11:45

Hmm. There's a question here I want to edit to be clearer from the title what the guy is asking, but if I move that into the title the body of his question is practically nothing.

#firstworldproblems

Mitch

@JohnClifford the Google ngram web page used to just publish the graphs as images. Now they are jscript interactive maps, so you have to screen shot (as far as I know there's no convenient link for an image)

John Clifford

@Mitch Thanks, I know you can embed them on actual HTML pages but obviously that embed code wouldn't apply on here.

Lawrence

@JohnClifford It's a pleasure. :)

John Clifford

This discussion has actually made me question whether I was ever actually taught to use apologise like this, or whether I mistakenly picked up the idea somewhere and stuck with it. Either way, in this case it wasn't too big a problem. I may consider apologising for things from now on anyway, to avoid such lengthy discussion being generated in the future.

Mitch

@IͶΔ Absorbs bananas like a fly

Lawrence

11:48

@terdon You've lost me there. I thought we were talking about an English word. If you thought I was discussing Greek, no wonder we couldn't agree :) .

John Clifford

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

terdon

@Lawrence I was referring to your answer.

Lawrence

@terdon So was I.

terdon

Or is that another Lawrence? The avatar is different.

Lawrence

A link would be helpful.

terdon

11:49

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A: You can apologi(s|z)e *for* something, but can you apologi(s|z)e *that* something?

To apologize (for) corresponds to the Greek ἀπολογεῖσθαι (περί τινος), to speak an accusation (τι, accusative) away (ἀπό) ‘about a thing’ (περί τινος). To apologize that you are late is therefore to deny that you are late. What you wish to do is probably rather to apologize [that you are culpable...

Mitch

@JohnClifford native speakers are rarely taught things at all. The number of 'rules' of a language is infinite in comparison to the small set presented in school.

John Clifford

I don't necessarily mean at school, just whether it was something taught to me in general.

Lawrence

@terdon Thanks. Definitely a different Lawrence.

John Clifford

I've never questioned the validity of using the word apologise like that.

Yeah, different Lawrence.

terdon

@Lawrence Ah. So much for that argument then :)

John Clifford

11:50

That one has 527 rep.

Mitch

@JohnClifford 'school' shorthand for explicitly getting a rule.

John Clifford

Plus it finally gave me a decent question of my own to ask. XD

Mitch

'Apologize for a noun'

'Apologize that a noun verbed'

John Clifford

I won't apologise for the noun; it's perfectly capable of making its own decisions.

Mitch

'Apologize for a noun verbing'

John Clifford

11:53

If it wanted an apology it shouldn't have been caught hanging around with that shady adverb and the infinitive with a splitting problem.

Lawrence

@Mitch So it should.

Mitch

Somebody above mentioned England and apologizing together and I just want to note that there's no apologizing that or for England

John Clifford

England is a walking apology.

terdon

@Mitch Yes, yes, we all know they never apologize but only ever apologise.

Mitch

@JohnClifford haha infinitives should really see somebody about that. Or just get used to that.

John Clifford

11:55

To idly split an infinitive is not behaviour up with which I would put.

Mitch

@JohnClifford they should walk some more

terdon

Ugh

@JohnClifford I believe you meant to say floating.

John Clifford

Haha.

terdon

Either that or things have really changed since the last time I was living there.

Lawrence

@terdon I'm glad I wasn't so opaque as to have had the language misread :) .

John Clifford

12:00

You have to go to page 5 to find another recent question with as many upvotes as mine. I'm not quite sure what that says about the general quality of the questions we get. :P

Leuchte

Quick question: What is the term used to refer to a thought-through/intended murder?

John Clifford

Premeditated?

terdon

@Lawrence That would have taken some doing :)

Leuchte

@JohnClifford Thanks! :)

John Clifford

Wait a second, how do we even have two members called Lawrence? I thought usernames were unique.

Apparently not.

Lawrence

12:04

@JohnClifford Hmm, in light of my namesake placing an actual answer to the question, which Lawrence were you thanking?

John Clifford

You. :P

The other Lawrence was about as much use as a chocolate teapot in Egypt during summer.

Lawrence

@JohnClifford :)

Perhaps I should at least put this up as an answer to your question to clear my name, so to speak.

terdon

@JohnClifford Far from it. Look for "John" here: english.stackexchange.com/users

John Clifford

That's entirely your prerogative, but feel free. :)

Oh my god so many Johns

Kit Z. Fox

15:54

I could really go for some fried cheese curds right now.

Leuchte

16:05

Does anybody know how to make these fancy quotation marks in Microsoft Office Word?:

I've tried searching but all the results only explain how to change curly quotes to straight quotes

terdon

@Leuchte 1. Don't use Word. 2. If you are using Word, just write normal quotes and then increase the font size and change the color.

Leuchte

@terdon I have Indesign but I'm not used to it, so I'm sticking with word this time. Thanks for the answer though

Anonymous

It looks like there's a question about that on Super User:

Anonymous

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Q: Large quotation marks in Word?

Is there a simple way in MS Word to get large quotation marks tightly round a paragraph of text, like you might see in print media to mark a quote? If you simply increase the font size of the quote character, it moves too far away from the text it's accompanying. Worse, the first and last lines ...

microsoft-word fonts formatting

Leuchte

Thanks @snailboat :)

I never knew snails were that fast

Anonymous

16:09

Don't worry, I can be quite slow from time to time :-)

terdon

@Leuchte They're not. They just bave fast boats.

Leuchte

@snailboat What kind of snail uses Word?

Anonymous

I'm afraid I don't actually use Word. All I did was search for a question about Word and quotation marks.

Leuchte

@snailboat I thought they'd use Paint :P

Quick question, this has 19k views, but is voted -6:

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Q: Confusing python - Cannot convert string to float

I got a value error and even if I try playing around with the code, it doesn't work! How can I get it right? - I am using Python 3.3.2! Here is the code: As you can see, the program asks for how many miles you can walk and gives you a response depending on what you type in. This is the code ...