@Cerberus but I don't know how stopping posting junk works. Where can I ask how to stop posting junk? Can I ask on ELU? BRB asking on ELU.
Hm. So I've asked on ELU how I could stop posting junk. One "RedDwihgt" told me to just stop posting junk. What an idiot. Any noob can think of that. I need a professional approach for best results. Will keep asking twice a day.
@RegDwigнt Looks like a younger Putin in the picture, too.
@Raphael: I was speaking more generally, as should be evident from my first four words. In any case, "act like a mensch" (which appears in the title of the post and twice in the text) is obviously English, not German. That should be enough context. — Robusto1 min ago
@RegDwigнt: Might want to protect that question, btw. Seems to be headed toward the MC.
Here's one example: When the New York Times recently wrote a piece about the Berlin district of Wedding, German media went in overdrive, with commentators questioning whether the newspaper was correct in portraying the local district as up-and-coming. But the undertone seemed clear: "Wow, even the U.S. likes Wedding!"
Americans didn't actually care, of course. The daily paper Süddeutsche Zeitung later asked its readers in a moment of self-reflection: "American journalists praise Munich and Frankfurt, and now Berlin-Wedding -- and everyone is going crazy. But why?"
Hmm, what does the its in this sentence mean? "Couldn't Germany's obsession with the U.S. also be a sign that continental Europe still hopes that Americans will deal with its problems sooner or later, rather than searching for its own solutions?"
@RegDwigнt Actually, I'm inclined to think they mean Europeans want America to deal with Europe's problems. I think I misread "America" for "Americans" when going through it the first time.
In StackExhange sites when users have not filled their profile, the next sentence is shown:
"Apparently, this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about them."
so in my opinion it should be wrong, because "them" is plural and refers to "this user" that is singular.
The correct one might be...
There are several root causes for this silliness, but one of them is that materials to teach English to foreigners present so simplified a version of reality as to make it a work of fiction.
He has a Latinate sense for grammar, not a Germanic one. This leads to all kinds of mistakes. Animacy as a referent constraint is not in his worldview. Well, unless he’s a leísta.
I've never jumped off a 30-story building in my life. So when I'm standing next to Jackie Chan doing it, I will never go, "Aren't you doing this wrong? I think you're doing it wrong. Here's what I'd do, Jackie".
It doesn't matter if I'm Germanic or Ancient Latin or Chinese. I just won't do that.
I realised the other day that "Dunning Kruger effect" is sort of an autoantonym, in that it covers both "over estimating your capabilities" and "underestimating your capabilities"
@Rigor Well, that was kinda nationalistic. More to the point, you have to understand that that flag represents death and violence to a large part of the globe.
I can understand why people would find it offensive.
@RegDwigнt So . . . since the guy who shot Rasputin was Russian, it's either "some Russian" or "some Russian." I conclude that it's a Russian who did not shoot Rasputin.
> also side-kick, "companion or close associate," 1901, also side-kicker (1903), American English, of unknown origin. Earlier terms were side-pal (1886), side-partner (1886).
So on the note of maths, over the last 30 days I get about 1 or 2 downvotes a day (for the first 2 weeks, every day, after that they sort of forgot, until today, right after I showed up in chat) - I've got 28 without comment
"She'd come to seeing who it was."
Is there any situations to apply " to seeing" instead of just " to see"?
If the sentence is changed into :
"She'd come to see who it was."
What's is the difference?
@Gigili twofold just means has two parts, not ambiguous. It can be sparse (or parsimonious) in two things, the model or the parameter. that is, either can be simple (or simplified). But I don't know what it means for a parameter to be sparse, and if they mean parameters, the that's the same as the model (fewer parameters = simpler model). And the abstract and paper don't explain either in that way, but go on to three or more ways of being sparse.
Me?? You're the one who said something about 'not good fit'
That's not a complaint just noting provenance.
And actually your comment as well-reasoned and insightful and measured as it is...
I was about to respond something like... we should allow 'why' questions a little more leeway. (Nominally they should be closed immediately, because they are totally speculative or need lots of data (they are research questions). But sometimes they actually have answers (maybe more than one distinct one, but SE's structure allows that.
Including deleted questions:
Deleted Closed Open Closed% Deleted% Cl or Del%
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CORRECT 938 1513 1687 47% 29% 51%
GRAMMA 250 341 333 51% 37% 54%
RIGHT 111 17 294 38% 2...
Is there a word for not being able to tell someone you love them?
In StackExhange sites when users have not filled their profile, the next sentence is shown:
"Apparently, this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about them."
so in my opinion it should be wrong, because "them" is plural and refers to "this user" that is singular.
The correct one might be...
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…