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@HelloWorld No. Millions of people are going about their everyday lives. Hundreds of infected barely registers nationally. It's not a big deal. You can't expect everyone to stay home. This will blow over in a few weeks.

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Mar 10, 2020 11:43

@HelloWorld I wasn't being racist, just trying to understand your perspective. Please don't accuse people of racism for no reason. Your answer does not make sense at ALL for someone living in the US like OP is (the downvotes show this to be true). The situation in the US is nowhere close to what it's like in China or Italy.

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ell

Dec 18, 2019 20:42

Are you sure this question isn't a troll? Wow.

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Dec 10, 2019 19:55

@Peter-ReinstateMonica Your incredulity is hilarious. As an American, 244k miles in 13 years seems perfectly reasonable to me. Honestly, I would have expected more, especially for someone who drives a lot. And you're describing a daily average, which is not reality. In reality, this person might have taken several days-long road trips to accumulate that many miles.

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Dec 10, 2019 13:44

@TymoteuszPaul But the employee wasn't fired, because they handed in their notice before their employer said they were fired. It's as simple as that. The company didn't fire the employee fast enough—that's on the company. Screw 'em.

ell

Dec 10, 2019 13:44

This answer is NONSENSE. The employer has absolutely no way to prove the employee was lying. As far as they (and we) are concerned, the employee was actually sick. Given those facts: the employee handed in their resignation, THEN the employer said they were fired. So the employee was not fired, because they had already quit. It's really that simple. And whether the employee was faking it or not doesn't matter in the end.

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sgroves

Jul 29, 2018 15:54

So you didn't look into her school enough to meet your company's policy... what exactly did the employee do wrong here? This is on you, pal.

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Jul 28, 2018 22:29

Yes, what country is this? Your country's laws will supersede anything in a contract. It seems highly unlikely that your country's laws would not allow you to quit at any time...

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Jul 24, 2018 08:33

@Starpilot This is one of the funniest misconceptions non-Americans have about the US, from my perspective. It's not like you'd be tripping over guns in a post-apocalyptic scenario. Only a small percentage of Americans even own guns, and most keep them locked up. In a zombie outbreak, most people probably wouldn't even reach their guns before being zombified. The difference between the US and Europe in this scenario is minimal. There's no way you'd be able to find RPGs or other heavy weaponry in the US, either. And I think people tend to forget how huge the US is...

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sgroves

Jul 19, 2018 17:46

@JasonBassford <3 Merriam-Webster. Descriptivist to the extreme, and that's how (I think) it should be.

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Jul 19, 2018 17:42

@Peter I agree.

sgroves

Jul 19, 2018 17:42

@Mitch there may be other examples, but that's the only one that stands out to me. I wouldn't suggest that n -> ng is very common at all in English. But it does occur.

sgroves

Jul 19, 2018 17:42

@Mitch Maybe not the context you're looking for, but there's "man" to "mang" in some African American dialects.

sgroves

Jul 19, 2018 17:42

@PeterShor Is... is there another common way to pronounce "licorice"? "licorish" is the standard American pronunciation, anyway. It's listed first in AmE dictionaries. So definitely not a mispronunciation in AmE.

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Jul 18, 2018 21:51

@Lambie I would assume "unschooled" too, but unfortunately, it's not always the case. People tend to speak in a lazy way (not a bad thing, just reality). To your previous point, I'd argue that your singular personal experience means far less than tons of results on the internet. Content on the web is written by people. All these articles about the "mispronunciation" must be based in some sort of reality. I'll take the experiences of the collective masses over one random person's experience any day of the week.

sgroves

Jul 18, 2018 21:51

@WGroleau I doubt that. It's probably due to the people you spend time with. Just Google "mispronounce etcetera" and you'll get tons of articles talking about it. It's a common thing, regardless of whether you've personally heard it.

sgroves

Jul 18, 2018 21:51

@WGroleau Well, I have, and clearly many others have too. It's a somewhat common thing, possibly only in some regions (I'm in the US).

sgroves

Jul 18, 2018 21:51

@Lambie You haven't heard that from a native speaker? I'm under the impression it's mostly native speakers who mispronounce this word. An ESL speaker would generally learn only the correct pronunciation, from a book or something. (Some) Native speakers grow up hearing the "incorrect" pronunciation and so use it themselves.

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sgroves

Jun 7, 2018 14:01

@royalmurder People created the internet and most of the web's written content...

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Jun 7, 2018 12:32

@Aaron Dude, give up. English speakers around the world in general refers to people from the USA as "Americans" and DON'T call anyone else "Americans". That's just how the usage evolved, no matter what is "technically" true. Please stop trying to argue your point because you are simply wrong and/or misinformed. Thanks.

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sgroves

May 31, 2018 13:09

Run away, fast.

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sgroves

May 28, 2018 08:00

@mna By your logic, if someone owes you money, they should be able to write you a check and ask you not to cash it because the check is the payment. And you should be perfectly OK with that. Do you see the problem here? A check is not worth anything at all.

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sgroves

May 24, 2018 20:13

You're in the USA, so absolutely not. By LAW, a doctor's note is and should be all your prof needs. If they're asking for more proof, you should go to someone above your professor. Your professor is making an absurd, ridiculous request.

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sgroves

May 24, 2018 14:41

Yes - "googling". It's a generic term now (sorry, Google).

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May 19, 2018 08:09

@imsodin I'm wondering the same... where is the fun in and/or what is the point of this? You're definitely not going to find any gold...

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Mar 29, 2018 19:30

FWIW, I don't expect this text would be difficult to understand at all for any native speaker with a basic education.

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sgroves

Mar 9, 2018 10:15

@JanusBahsJacquet Most people simply don't have very large vocabularies, and that's okay. It sounds like you do, but that's definitely not the norm, nor does it need to be. "ablutions" is not a word the average native speaker would know, if you ask me.

sgroves

Mar 9, 2018 10:15

It's certainly used in AmE, but that doesn't mean you should use it. I certainly wouldn't. It's just not something people actually say. If I saw it in a novel or something, I would think it's a little pretentious. "Morning routine" is by FAR more standard and fits better here, I think.

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Feb 15, 2018 08:07

@xDaizu Is that a serious comment? Apologies if I'm missing sarcasm somewhere, but if not, that's just... bizarre. McDonald's play places are for children... I would not hesitate to think negatively of an adult who does this. It's downright creepy.

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sgroves

Dec 15, 2017 19:55

Are you saying that English speakers in the UK call small rooms for storage wardrobes instead of closets? Or perhaps closets just aren't very common in the UK? Otherwise, I don't understand the question. No American would ever call a piece of furniture a closet. Closets and wardrobes are two entirely different things.

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Nov 18, 2017 13:03

I would add that, unless it's your profession, I think it's very good advice to never lend (significant) money to anyone. It's just not worth it.

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Nov 17, 2017 19:55

@miroxlav My point is that there's nothing wrong with my mindset. It's just different from yours. That doesn't mean it's wrong, or that yours is better. Some people just prefer more privacy. I firmly stand by my statement that your last comment didn't make much sense, though. And trust me, my English is great.

sgroves

Nov 17, 2017 19:55

@miroxlav now you're just not making sense. :)

sgroves

Nov 17, 2017 19:55

@miroxlav That is certainly your viewpoint.

sgroves

Nov 17, 2017 19:55

This answer is completely absurd, and I'm shocked by the number of upvotes. You don't owe anyone anything when it comes to talking about your future plans for your relationship.

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sgroves

Nov 17, 2017 16:23

Have you tried looking at a dictionary? They include pronunciations. pneumatic is another. Or try googling silent p words

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sgroves

Sep 15, 2017 08:44

... learn from the experience and don't make the same mistake again?

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Sep 15, 2017 06:56

I wouldn't bother communicating with this recruiter again.

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Sep 12, 2017 14:43

It is funny. You too should laugh at yourself for this, because you made a silly mistake.

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sgroves

Aug 14, 2017 13:00

If you change a quote, you're no longer, well, quoting. This is the best and most obvious reason to never change a quote.

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sgroves

Aug 14, 2017 11:55

This is never a good idea for any reason.

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Jul 29, 2017 11:55

This is the kind of thinking you'll grow out of. Lots of people in their early 20s feel uncomfortable calling other adults by their first name. But you now get that privilege! You're no longer a child, and there's nothing wrong with addressing other adults—who are now your peers—by their first name.

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sgroves

Jul 29, 2017 07:46

@PaŭloEbermann That's true, but my point still stands.

sgroves

Jul 29, 2017 07:46

@DavidSchwartz That doesn't make any sense. "I am a Hamburger", with a capital H, can only mean one thing in English. "I am Hamburger" is just plain wrong.

sgroves

Jul 29, 2017 07:46

This wouldn't make sense anyway. "jelly doughnut" and "person from Berlin" are both singular nouns. Why would adding an article change the meaning?

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Jul 25, 2017 16:13

@Tim don't have enough rep to downvote. Blame StackExchange not me.