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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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Why is my edit rejected?
Few days ago, I edited this question.
The original post looks like this:
Can we omit the subject and object at the same time?
example:
1 Although he is hurt by her, he still loves her. (nothing ...
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Request for migration of a question - [resolved]
Edit: another user has identified a canonical question on the other site which would make mine a duplicate, so this is probably not the best candidate for migration.
Recently, I asked this question ...
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Object complement - good sources
Where can I find a list of the verbs that need an object complement, listed according to whether the object complement is a noun or adjective or both?
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Place a link to resource list into "Helpful links" panel
I recently asked a question on ell.SE requesting resources, which was subsequently moved to the meta, and to which I quickly found a satisfactory answer, namely I discovered Resources for learning ...
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Online collocation dictionaries and English corpus search resources
Correct prepositions and collocations in general do not come naturally to a non-native speaker. I had been using www.just-the-word.com to check for right combinations, until it went offline some time ...
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Backing up i.imgur.com images that may be at risk due to their new ToS
Now, you should be using the "add picture" feature in the editor to get an i.stack.imgur.com address for your images in your posts. That is hosting that SE pays for and images there won't ...
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Is ChatGPT good for fixing grammar errors compared other tools like Grammarly?
Did anyone use both? And your opinion? How often do they make mistakes?
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Which is it? People don't really take the time to understand the questions or I worded them so badly that they are unintelligible?
I don't mind the downvotes. I am here to ask questions and get answers not to score points. But what seems strange to me is how what I intended in some recent questions failed to get across. And I'm ...
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Are answers written by AI Chatbots suitable for the site?
Relevant question and answer
What is the grammar point that we changed the structure "S + V and V" into the structure "S + V, Ving"?
Is an answer written by an AI chatbot, such as ...
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Where can I find a good phrasal verbs dictionary?
Where can I find a good phrasal verbs dictionary, and can someone help me out? Does anyone have the Cambridge Phrasal Verbs Dictionary or a similar resource they could recommend?
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Does this site have different rules about answering in comments?
On most SE sites, giving answers as comments is generally frowned upon.
But here, it seems to be a very common practice.
I realize that this site is different in that most questions are quick one-offs,...
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Tag description that is possibly unsuitable for an English language site
The description for our (main site's) third most popular tag meaning reads:
This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about what a word means.
This sentence seems ..off to me, if ...
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Why was my "rude or abusive" flag declined?
Recently a new user insisted on commenting on the downvoting that happened on their question (a duplicate was posted on ELU, where the exact same comment was added).
I cannot fully recall the exact ...
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What sort of English should I use on Stack Exchange websites, British or American?
What kind of language should I learn to properly ask and answer here?
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Are possibly rude comments allowed?
Someone made a comment on my answer saying:
Very poor answer tbh of a new contributor bounty hunting.
Would this be allowed? I don't think this is the purpose for commenting, so I flagged it.
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Am I allowed to post short, simple answers if they answer the question?
An example answer would be:
The second sentence is correct.
Which would be an answer to this question:
Which sentence is correct? “I is human” or “I am human”?
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The only answer on a bountied question
If my answer is the only answer on a bountied question, do I still get the bounty even if my answer is not accepted?
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Telling people not to advertise in an answer
An advertisement was posted on the site. I posted an answer:
Please do not advertise here, this is a place for asking questions and answering them.
Would this be allowed? (To protect my reputation ...
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The IELTS academic exam [closed]
I want to prepare for the IELTS academic exam, and I am so confused about the best resources. Do you have any suggestion for me?
And in your opinion, which is better Collins or Cambridge books for ...
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Book that covers less obvious rules for using 'a/an' and 'the' articles
Could you suggest a comprehensive textbook or academic research study that covers all the cases of using articles (a/an and the) in English? I'm having trouble finding a detailed and well-reasoned ...
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Happy 10th, English Language Learners!
It’s been 10 years since this site was proposed in Area 51, so we’re celebrating ELL’s 10th anniversary!
In the beginning, this site was started by users of English Language and Usage (EL&U), as a ...
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"You can’t post new questions right now"
While trying to post, I'm receiving:
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from your account because
most of your questions need improvement or are out of scope for this
site. See the Help ...
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Resources for learning academic/formal writing?
Referring to this Amazon review of a book,
The writing style is extremely poor ... The grammatical style is horrendous: incorrect usage, nonparallel structure, misplaced commas, run-on sentences, etc....
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What famous formal literature or writing has used "still more" as a conjunction?
I have a question about my English Language Learners Stack Exchange post: What famous formal literature or writing has used "still more" as a conjunction?
How can we improve or salvage What ...
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Is it on topic to ask about English advice given by ChatGPT?
This question
Can "neither do I" apply to both disagreement with positive statement and agreement with negative statement?
asks whether the advice given by ChatGPT (we can use 'Neither do I' ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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EL&U.SE vs ELL.SE
I'm a monolinguist but have had a bad experience on English Language & Usage (EL&U).
Might I break any (site-specific) rule for asking questions here instead of EL&U?
Sure I could get ...
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Can I submit a video here for feedback on my pronunciation?
I am trying to improve my pronunciation of English words. For these purposes, I make short videos. That is, I want to know not about a specific word, but in general how understandable my speech is.
My ...
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How to further improve English listening?
I can easily understand the conversation from Twitch or Live Youtuber shows. However, when I watch shows on Netflix or Amazon Prime videos, I cannot understand their talks... It looks like I listen ...
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Short rhymed English texts for memorization
I'm searching for short English texts to memorize. Provided that it has: rhyme and assonance easy to repeat (Like:If— by Rudyard Kipling).My experience in learning my mother tongue Arabic in addition ...
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Is there a platform that provides actual education and puts a huge emphasis on students' improvement?
Am I the only one who feels that these English-teaching websites are just a way for teachers to make a few bucks here and there?
It seems that the majority don't really focus on the intricacies of ...
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Are grammar and usage beyond the scope of the ELL site?
The question concerned the difference between for and to in terms of a guiding principle:
Original question on ELL
The moderator posted this under the question:
"There are several rules that ...
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What is "slang"?
Moving this topic of conversation from If someone says "That hair tho", does it have a positive or a negative meaning?
I am more than happy to (or have someone else) remove the 2 instances ...
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Answering when proof of negative required
Someone asked a question of the form: "What makes these words special grammatically, and are there any others like them". link
I am near 100% certain that there is no rule, but, sadly, not ...
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Feature request for "reopen votes" queue: Can it display the reasons for close votes?
When I go through the "reopen votes" queue, it is useful to know why a question was closed. Knowing that, I can more quickly assess whether the problem has been fixed or not. (I still check ...
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I don't believe my answer should have been deleted
This post explicitly asks why people use the phrase in question:
I assume people say it just for fun, unless there is a good reason to say it this way, is there?
My answer is the only one that ...
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Moderators privileges
Let me start by stating that I am not questioning the right of moderators to close questions or perform any other of their duties. However I have noticed that, recently, more questions are being ...
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In the future, can questions and answers support the <iframe> HTML tag?
Stack Exchange supports a little bit of HTML.
For example, we can use <kbd> tags
<kbd>Example</kbd>
Example Example
CAT FACE
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I was wondering if the English Language ...
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As a native speaker, can I ask a parsing/meaning question?
English is my first language, but I have encountered a text that I cannot parse. I can extract some meaning from it, but on closer inspection it doesn't actually seem to be formally correct. Can I ask ...
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Need help understanding the logic behind the multiple downvotes
Firstly, I'm not asking this question to judge any member's freedom of giving downvotes nor am I judging their decisions. However, I've been wondering why I'm sometimes getting serial downvotes to my ...
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Mark-down tables fail to display on the English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I was trying to answer a question on ELL.
I tried to draw a table:
| A header | Another header |
| -------- | -------------- |
| First | row |
| Second | row |
There is a ...
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Are non-helpful negative comments typical of this site?
This isn't a complaint; I'm just trying to understand what's going on with this site, which I joined only 2 days ago.
My first answer, The usage of "would have",
received a comment ...
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Vocabulary tag rework?
The vocabulary tag has 1000 over questions, but unfortunately I'm not very sure how to tag questions with that tag. The description reads:
This tag is for questions about a body of words. It should ...
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No votes means not trustable?
In this question, the OP pointed out that the answer in the question I shared had no votes, so it was "untrustable":
break up or break down?
Should no votes mean the answer isn't trustable?...
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Should we take action on posts from experienced users with uncited quotes?
I got a flag quite recently pointing out that an experienced (rep >2k) user had included a quoted text in a post as an example, without specifying the source, or giving either attribution or ...
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What does that mean? (User was removed)
I see this but my account is not removed, I'm still able to ask questions.
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Are there conversation forums? [duplicate]
I have two friends who are learning English and badly need to practice speaking. Are there any sites that help with that? They live in the UK but are surrounded by many nationalities, and having ...
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Request question reopen (and/or explanation for closevotes)
The question Which is correct? do they? or don't they? or have they or haven't they? was summarily closed for reasons that aren't clear to me.
Personally, I don't think it's necessarily obvious that ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #6 on English Language Learners has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderators are:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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