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Need to mark inbox read
It seems to me that until recently, if I clicked & followed on a link in my Inbox, the little white-on-red number reduced by one, and if I had read all of the new ones, it vanished. Just recently, ...
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Is there a way to determine users with the most questions?
I want to see who the most active users are on ELL, in terms of questions posted. Is there a way I can determine it?
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How to post at ELL and similar sites
I thought everyday common sense applies.
If someone asks "do you have the time"?
I give them the time if I am wearing a watch or have a cellphone.
But at these sites - the ONLY correct ...
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Are there web or software applications that can give anagrams, blanagrams, or letter banks, provided a word?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_word_play says
Anagram: rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new
word or phrase
Ambigram: a word which can be read just as well ...
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Should we provide guidance warning not to trust ChatGPT?
These days one often finds questions that include stuff along the lines of, “and ChatGPT tells me blah-blah,” where blah-blah is some utter garbage. Correcting the misapprehensions that stem from ill-...
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Why does the `register` tag get converted to `formality`?
I wanted to indicate that the phrase got a steal is in a very informal register:
I just got a steal on a lawn mower down at the hardware store. They're going out of business.
I edited a question to ...
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What can I do to improve the following post to get a better acceptance?
How can I fix this linked question so that it'll get a positive response? What is wrong with this question?
Question to fix
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Can the site fix the auto-capitalization error for I.e.?
I find the auto-complete/auto-correct feature of the site quite a pain, especially when it introduces errors. The abbreviation I.e. [sic] shouldn't be capitalized if it's used as it is below. I don't ...
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A test to decide whether we should consult AI-generated writing or not
I know mentioning AI often triggers people here. I totally understand that because I've seen AI answer my questions in the worst way possible; it provides, with confidence, incorrect information in ...
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What happened to the image in answer feature?
I used to be able to add an image to a question or answer. Is this broken? Now I just get a little blue and white thumbnail and a link usually saying 'enter image description here'. When I click on ...
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The similar-question panel is sometimes missing on Stack Exchange
The similar-question panel is sometimes missing on Stack Exchange. This makes it much harder for me to find old posts of mine or others' related posts. Is there any way to solve this?
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Can I find words with similar spelling using regular expressions or wildcards?
I would like to find words that look similar in spelling. Is there a tool (document, web site/application, and/or software) that can allow me to do that by using wildcards or regular expressions? For ...
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The tag “confusing” should be deleted
I found that on Ell Stack Exchange, there is a tag called confusing and I found that this tag was used by 1 question. That question actually asked about the prepositions after the word “confusing”.
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The tag “simple” should be deleted
NB: the tag no longer exists.
I found that there is a tag called simple in Ell Stack Exchange. For me, this tag is useless, and I don’t know who created this tag.
Maybe the user want to create the tag ...
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Why my flag was declined as “without evidences”?
I’m new to flagging questions and answers and maybe not familiar with the flagging on this site.
So, I reported the question last week Who is the feds, and I flagged with the reason "need ...
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One question-editing policy to rule them all
There is some dispute about editing questions here on ELL, specifically correcting grammar and spelling. Multiple Q&As exist, with different and mostly incompatible answers:
When should I correct ...
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Should we encourage dialects?
Just a thought. Some questions on ELL get asked about pronunciation in various songs, spoken works, films, radio broadcasts etc, where the main problem is the dialect of the speaker. We are asked to ...
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What makes a question earn your upvote?
I did a quick edit to "I see" versus "oh really" and noticed that while four people had answered it, it didn't have a single upvote (until I added mine). I think that is a bit odd ...
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The downvoting practice on ELL sucks
The downvoting practice on ELL sucks. I suspect many new users get discouraged and disappointed by this practice. This practice is not in the least encouraging to put questions anymore. In my case one ...
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Why do we need the tag "articles" if we already have "indefinite-article", "definite-article" and "zero-article"? If it's redundant why not delete it?
There are four tags about articles: articles, indefinite-article, definite-article and zero-article.
Could you explain to me please why the tag "articles" is needed if we have the other ...
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Is there alternative choice for "Extensive reading for academic success"?
"Extensive Reading for Academic Success" is a series of books good for those who are preparing for TOEFL. Each of them includes 80 articles and is much cheaper than other TOEFL books.
But I ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Why are my questions no longer being accepted?
Why are my questions no longer being accepted? - That means I am banned from putting questions !!!:
You can’t post new questions right now
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from your ...
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Providing unsolicited advice in addition to answering the question
The discussion under this question caused me to consider the policy at ELL on unsolicited advice. Consider a situation where there are errors in the examples presented in the original question, which ...
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Election check-in 2023: Who's interested in stepping up and being a moderator here?
One of our most recently elected Moderators, David Siegel, is no longer a Mod here, which leaves Laurel and me as the only active Mods, so we are thinking about holding an election to find someone to ...
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Should we expand the “It’s in the dictionary” close reason to include etymological questions?
Consider the recent question Is cockroach composed of cock and roach?. The post’s title says it all. @FumbleFingers and I both left quick—and perhaps overly snarky—comments illustrating how easily the ...
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Weird behavior of [answers] tag when asking question
After this meta post, the tags responses and answers were synonymized, and their behavior in most cases seems to reflect this. They remap, redirect, etc., but I noticed this earlier today when I was ...
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Is historical English interpretation part of ELL's remit?
Since ELL is primarily aimed at English learners (not native speakers) and the guide lines state
If you have questions about the following topics, you may want to visit
other Stack Exchange sites to ...
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Is it against the rules to make ChatGPT generate a text and ask questions about how that text is grammatical or not?
I made it write poetry and sometimes, the output doesn't seem to be grammatical or correct at all. Is it ok if I base some of my questions on output generated by ChatGPT?
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Can we add a new reason to the "Close" list?
I note that one of our moderators, gotube, has started to remind OPs, who use images of text rather than copy them out, that images cannot be read by screen readers (used by the visually impaired) and ...
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Why are these questions being closed with the proofreading close reason?
As of writing, this question has four votes to close for the community-specific reason that's often referred to as "proofreading". So does this one.
While I haven't been around in a while, I'...
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comment font legibility on ELL (letter-spacing)
Would it be possible to tweak the letter-spacing CSS of the font used for comments, to add just a bit more daylight between letters? I didn't know what Irn Bru was and read it as Im Bru. On my ...
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How can I underline a text on ELL?
How can I underline a text on ELL? I'm trying to underline some words in a question on ELL but I fail to manage it. My browser is Google.
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Passage in Progressive Tense
I extracted this passage from 1984 because I am looking for passages written in Past Progressive Tense or Present Progressive Tense. I would think it is written in Present Progressive Tense but I'm ...
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How can I learn Indian English?
I desire learning a distinct Indian English dialect. How can I go about it? When I was learning English, I did not have much exposure to Indian English, but I feel like it has many features that are ...
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Would a community wiki/standard answer on dictionary definitions be helpful?
A look at my question history will show that what might be grouped under the umbrella of 'uncharitable close votes' is a bit of a hobby horse of mine, and I fully accept that the community as a whole ...
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Is my question an attack and a disrespect?
My post at https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/341384/what-adjective-can-be-used-to-describe-this-kind-of-behavior was closed today by moderator Laurel, who also made the following comment:
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Should moderators delete answers for combining terseness with comprehensiveness?
Should moderators delete answers for combining terseness with comprehensiveness?
For example, What do you call a language that doesn't use the European alphabet? asked for "a word" or "...
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Resources for learning the proper shape of the mouth and the position of the tongue in pronunciation
Could you please recommend some learning materials (books, videos, websites, etc…) that those who are learning English as a second language can use to train native pronunciation of American English?
I ...
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How should I respond to reopen my 10 days-over closed 'ask question'?
How should I do to reopen my 'ask question'?
it has been closed since 13 days ago.
They closed my following question.
I don't know why.
until now I don't see my chance to ask.
Who can help me.
they ...
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Can you suggest any AI based voice chat robot (such as some website) to practice spoken English?
I see these days, some text based on an AI robot, such as ChatGPT that can input English text, and respond in English, so I can practice my English writing.
But I'm not an English native speaker, and ...
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Are requests for part-of-speech tagging in example use on-topic?
We recently had a question where a usage example was given, along with an attempt at part-of-speech tagging, and a request to validate that tagging:
Knowing what grammar is used
A user then closed the ...
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Would it be helpful to have a canonical post on Tense and Aspect? [Proposal stage (incomplete)]
Status Update: Upon discussion with an experienced member of the community who is currently teaching English, I have come to the conclusion that it may not be possible to present any single system of ...
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What book do you suggest for modern grammar?
Please, if possible, introduce books on the following topics.
Modern Grammar, Syntax, Morphology
I want to use your experience. Otherwise googling is easier but useless.
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What should be the qualifications for answering questions?
There is currently an open question on ELL which has raised some completely off topic argument in the comments some of which are becoming unpleasant. One contributor is saying you shouldn't answer ...
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Re-open request
I'm a bit surprised that two mods endorse closing...
What does that mean: "my toes speak English"?
...citing "Lack of context". After failing to find the exact text in Google ...
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large general american audio archive
I'm looking for a large (at least several hours) collection of audio records accompanied by transcriptions (just text, timing is not important) narrated by one person whose accent can roughly be ...
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As English learner, it is hard for me to grasp shades of meaning between synonyms. Is there a resource available that can help me with this?
As every English learner, I come across many near-synonyms and synonyms, such as 'sad,' 'gloomy,' and 'wretched'. How can I determine which of them conveys a stronger emotional intensity? What words ...
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What should I study to learn academic English that is used for mathematics?
I am looking for material that can be used to teach non-English speakers academic English for mathematics. I meant it might be some basic vocabulary. Any help will be appreciated.
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Duplicates: why not be able to choose more than one?
When you opt to close a question due to its being a duplicate, the program automatically churns up examples and you have to choose one.
Often, more than one applies, yet there is only one choice ...
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