English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer

Not for the faint of heart or those easily triggered by Englis...
Jan 28, 2018 09:50
Hello guys
Oct 8, 2017 04:02
Also, specifying you want 1 apple with an article is redundant. Why don't you just numerically declare you want 1 apple? Everybody in the world knows what 1 is.
Oct 8, 2017 03:58
Let's say you want to deliver a message "Give me an apple". If you turn that into a function in software engineering, it becomes

`f(identity) => apple`

Humanity basically wanted to turn this into a speakable language such as English or Chinese and it became

"Give me an apple"

There is already a language design flaw here. First, you do not restate "me", because you are the one who is requesting an object from your opponent.
Oct 8, 2017 03:52
It sometimes requires special learning techniques such as mnemonic memorisation to comprehend them permanently otherwise non-English speakers tend to forget them fairly quickly.
Oct 8, 2017 03:51
Sorry I was AFK. I think it lacks in scalability because newcomers to the language face some significant learning curve to adapt to it. It has too many rules, which ESL people, like my self, sometimes have to scratch their head to understand it and very easy to forget later on.
Oct 8, 2017 00:03
Yeah, I feel like languages nowadays have scalability issues. It was designed thousand years ago who thought the world will not last for more than 500 years because religion or their ruler said something will happen to the world and it will be destroyed
Oct 7, 2017 23:58
It's just waste of space when it comes serialising them into bytes to transfer over wires.
Oct 7, 2017 23:57
`The class is at 9am on Monday mornings.`
`The class is at 9am at Monday mornings `
I see no differences. If I was an alien who speak superior language of universe, I'd quickly discard those "at" or "on" usage and just use one of them or simply omit them completely.
Oct 7, 2017 23:55
It will sound wrong to native speakers but from efficiency point of view, I'd be able to say anything with 1 of them, possibly "at"
Oct 7, 2017 23:54
I see what you mean. From a perspective of software developer / bilingual, I feel like you can just use one of those prepositions to transfer any message without issues.
Oct 7, 2017 23:51
I feel like mixed.
Oct 7, 2017 23:51
I'm not sure about my native tongue at the moment.
Oct 7, 2017 23:49
My first language was English but routinely spoke in Korean at the same time, which made me more proficient in Korean at one point in my life.
Oct 7, 2017 23:48
Yeah
Oct 7, 2017 23:47
I'm a half native speaker.
Oct 7, 2017 23:46
Are there any rules around prepositions?
Oct 7, 2017 23:46
But I have no idea how I was able to get all the questions right because I just guessed them according to my gut feelings
Oct 7, 2017 23:45
Guys, I have a somewhat ESL question but linguistically relevant one. I was able to guess correct answers for all the questions from this link http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/time-prepositions-exercise-1.html
Oct 7, 2017 23:05
Hello guys
Apr 23, 2016 11:38
hehe I even sent an email to my professor, what an embarrassing moment
Apr 23, 2016 11:37
HAHA I was so dumb, it's just first name
Apr 23, 2016 11:37
OK
Apr 23, 2016 11:26
What does "A" stand for before "2004"
Apr 23, 2016 11:25
Darby, A 2004, 'Furious Butler quits as governor', Sydney Morning Herald, 10 August, viewed 10 November 2009, <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/09/1092022411039.html>
Apr 23, 2016 11:25
I have a question about Harvard referencing
Apr 23, 2016 11:25
Hi
Feb 2, 2015 13:54
you can trade your knowledge with your mate for 10 bucks, for example.
Feb 2, 2015 13:54
The start-up is going to be about transaction of memory in your head
Feb 2, 2015 13:53
Thanks
Feb 2, 2015 13:52
I want to accumulate some money to establish a garage start-up
Feb 2, 2015 13:51
Nah, Im 23. I was recently discharged from Marines.
Feb 2, 2015 13:50
I'd pick Equalizer because it's much more fun
Feb 2, 2015 13:47
ok sorry
Feb 2, 2015 13:44
If you could possess one of the following mythical weapons, which one would you pick?
1) Equalizer - A magical hammer forged 9,000,000 years ago that if you hit someone with it, the person will change to a black person. If the person is already black, it won't do anything.

2) Dagger of youth - if you stab someone with it, the guy will go back to a stage of his life when he was 5 years ago.
Feb 2, 2015 11:20
Yes, this is a native speaker, how can I help you?
Feb 2, 2015 10:25
So I'd prefer books but sometimes online lecturing sites when I'm bored.
Feb 2, 2015 10:24
That is my opinion
Feb 2, 2015 10:24
Online lecturing sites gain more reputation by teaching something as simple as possible, on the other hand, books get popular by having detailed and exact contents as possible.
Feb 2, 2015 10:21
So most of the time, their lessons are too simple and aren't detailed at all.
Feb 2, 2015 10:21
Plus, online lectures tend to make contents they teach easy as possible. I think it's due to they are not alone in the market, they always have competitions going on with other online tutorial websites.
Feb 2, 2015 10:14
I like my book Algorithms In Nutshell by O'Reilly for that reason because it's one of the easiest desktop reference that you can use it like a dictionary.
Feb 2, 2015 10:13
I think a problem with those online lectures is that it's a set of resources made difficult to use them like references or guides when you are working on your project or something.
Feb 2, 2015 10:10
Nice
Feb 2, 2015 10:09
Is it about online lectures? I've personally never been on to that thing before.
Feb 2, 2015 10:06
right
Feb 2, 2015 10:05
I'd pay for Youtube though.
Feb 2, 2015 10:04
how about Youtube?
Feb 2, 2015 10:03
Let's say it's only 5 dollars a month
Feb 2, 2015 10:03
As a return, you won't see any ads.
Feb 2, 2015 10:02
guys, if you had to pay monthly fee to use Reddit, would you still use it?