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Tidying up “slovenly” usages in question text

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2019: a year in moderation

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How to search for an English word

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modified Jan 2 at 12:53 James K 62.2k

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Should “How To Ask” be updated to emphasize a need for context

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modified Dec 30 '19 at 17:03 Community♦ 1

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I am resigning as moderator

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modified Dec 29 '19 at 12:43 ColleenV parted ways♦ 11k

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How do I remember a word if it's too fancy to use and too rare to come across it very often?

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answered Dec 23 '19 at 20:21 J.R.♦ 107k

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Answers of newbie learners. Examples from literature

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modified Dec 23 '19 at 5:50 AIQ 5,352

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How do I remember a word if it's too fancy to use and too rare to come across it very often? [duplicate]

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Dec 23 '19 at 1:06 Sergey Zolotarev 1,142

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Resources for learning English

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modified Dec 20 '19 at 21:46 ColleenV parted ways♦ 11k

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If your dictionary doesn't support you (or me), what should I do?

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modified Dec 19 '19 at 13:59 Kentaro 2,067

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How to decide whether an answer would be useful to learners or not?

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modified Dec 18 '19 at 4:10 shin 5,350

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Is it just me or does this word [𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆] look odd to you too?

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modified Dec 17 '19 at 13:19 ColleenV parted ways♦ 11k

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Answerer to OP: “No one will ever say this.” I comment: “Can you provide a source to substantiate that claim?” Answerer: “I am a Native speaker.”

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modified Dec 13 '19 at 9:40 Astralbee 27.5k

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Why was this edit suggestion rejected?

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modified Dec 12 '19 at 8:48 CinCout 1,811

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Alternative websites for proofreading

discussion faq online-resources resource-request proofreading

modified Dec 11 '19 at 7:27 Ooker 2,230

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Submitting Answers that merely answer the question

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modified Dec 11 '19 at 3:08 AIQ 5,352

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Can I ask a question for the second time?

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modified Dec 10 '19 at 12:36 AIQ 5,352

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Not so fast! (When should I accept an answer?)

discussion faq accepted-answer

modified Dec 10 '19 at 12:23 AIQ 5,352

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Please, everyone … details. Please!

discussion faq

modified Dec 10 '19 at 12:17 AIQ 5,352

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I am not sure how I should go about asking a question about coarse language

discussion sensitive-language

modified Nov 29 '19 at 22:23 Em.♦ 42.6k

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Sentence structure grammar books

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Nov 28 '19 at 10:41 Владимир Смирнов 163

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Software to check pronunciation automatically?

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modified Nov 27 '19 at 14:40 Glorfindel 10.5k

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When the Chips Are Down

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asked Nov 26 '19 at 12:00 J.R.♦ 107k

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Looking for a dictionary with standard American English example for foreign learners

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Nov 22 '19 at 1:55 Superuser 669

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Don't use correct grammar topic

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Nov 20 '19 at 20:54 ahmeturganci 101

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How can I improve my downvoted answers?

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modified Nov 15 '19 at 5:03 AIQ 5,352

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Contributor's Guide to English Language Learners

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modified Nov 14 '19 at 13:09 ColleenV parted ways♦ 11k

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Can I offer a bounty to get ELL users to write an answer explaining why my “downvoted answers” (will be linked) are wrong and how I can improve them?

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modified Nov 12 '19 at 21:09 J.R.♦ 107k

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Why was my question deleted?

discussion deleted-questions

modified Nov 5 '19 at 15:03 J.R.♦ 107k

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Closing questions from new users

discussion new-users

modified Oct 29 '19 at 16:33 ColleenV parted ways♦ 11k

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Isn't it reasonable to assume English learners intuitively understand colloquialism and wordplay?

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answered Oct 25 '19 at 2:31 Ben Kovitz 25.4k

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I comment “What do you think and why?” to a question “Is this correct?” - and someone posts an answer “No - this is incorrect because . . .”

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modified Oct 23 '19 at 10:08 J.R.♦ 107k

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Resources for OCR / transcription errors

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asked Oct 18 '19 at 13:13 FumbleFingers Reinstate Monica 50.2k

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For some odd reason we have an “english” tag… Should we request that it be blacklisted?

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answered Oct 14 '19 at 21:07 Shog9 101

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REQUEST: Posting a supplementary audio clip

discussion feature-request

modified Oct 12 '19 at 19:23 Araucaria - Not here any more. 25.2k

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Is there a personal search bar option (to look for a specific question in a particular user's account)? If not, can we have one?

discussion feature-request

modified Oct 3 '19 at 7:18 Em.♦ 42.6k

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Can we ask question regarding the song lyrics?

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modified Oct 2 '19 at 11:06 J.R.♦ 107k

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Answer deleted?

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answered Sep 30 '19 at 1:59 Em.♦ 42.6k

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Why is transcription requests prohibited here considering an another user's request gets 6 uvpotes?

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modified Sep 30 '19 at 0:15 Em.♦ 42.6k

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Can I post the same answer on a duplicate question?

discussion answers exact-duplicates

modified Sep 29 '19 at 11:58 ColleenV parted ways♦ 11k

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Why ONLY some questions asking lyrics meaning are off topic and not all?

discussion on-topic-off-topic

modified Sep 25 '19 at 18:30 J.R.♦ 107k

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How to handle Stale questions with both close votes and bounty?

discussion etiquette

answered Sep 25 '19 at 11:00 J.R.♦ 107k

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How to handle inaccurate comments

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answered Sep 23 '19 at 15:58 J.R.♦ 107k

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Why can't I accept both answers?

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answered Sep 23 '19 at 15:55 David Siegel 16.9k

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Whats the name of this website I need to find some statistics about the use of help to

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answered Sep 5 '19 at 17:49 userr2684291 2,896

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Just Proposing To Implement Multi Best Answer Function [duplicate]

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