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| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
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Feb 21 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Dec 30 |
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What do students call their teacher in class? The same way two people called Dave know which one I am addressing: sometimes it is clear from context, and sometimes one or more of them is confused. |
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Dec 30 |
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What do students call their teacher in class? @tchrist I would indeed have addressed them as Sir, Sir and Sir, or Mr. Smith if necessary. For a female teacher, Miss, even if she was Mrs. Smith. |
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Dec 2 |
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Is saying “who cares” impolite or rude? good answer, this covers many more nuances of the phrase than the others attempt to. |
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Oct 11 |
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Nationality modifier vs. Language modifier I agree with this answer - interpreting Chinese as a language modifier here sounds awkward to me. Esperanto writer would be equally unambiguous in the opposite way, but extremely awkward (I am reluctant to say wrong). |
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Oct 11 |
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Nationality modifier vs. Language modifier fwiw, wikipedia uses the same interpretation as I do for "Irish literature" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_literature. |
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Oct 11 |
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Nationality modifier vs. Language modifier really? what if it was Swiss literature or Irish literature? I would definitely not interpret the latter as meaning literature written in the Irish language, and this seems like a more extreme example because there is a language called Irish, but no single language called Chinese. |
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Oct 11 |
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Nationality modifier vs. Language modifier how does "author of Chinese novels" add any clarification? If it's possible that the original headline is ambiguous, surely the new one is just as bad - it could mean that the novels are written and published in China, but not necessarily that they contain writings in a Chinese language. |
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Jul 26 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jul 24 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jul 1 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Guru |
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Feb 13 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Feb 13 |
awarded | Mortarboard |
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Feb 13 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 13 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Feb 13 |
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What is the adjectival form of “nemesis”? I'm not planning to use nemetic in a sentence any time soon, but +1 for thorough research and argument. |
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Feb 12 |
answered | My shoes can't think; how can they be sensible? |
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Jan 15 |
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How to pronounce the letter 'i' @user744 is right: 1, 2, 4 and 5 are reasonable rules which have exceptions but 3 is just wrong. ai is pronounced as /eɪ/ in most but not all words. |
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Dec 6 |
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How to say “She/He is my girlfriend/boyfriend” without the possessive “my” "We are a couple" |
