Timeline for What single word (up to three if necessary) could be used in place of "I could not have said it better myself?" [closed]
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| Mar 6, 2018 at 3:07 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | (Cont’d) … You can’t vote for it yet (you don’t have enough reputation to have that privilege), but I believe that you can “accept” it (the fact that the question is closed shouldn’t be an issue). To the left of the answer, below the voting buttons and the vote score, you should see a gray checkmark. If you click on it, it will turn green. This (a) marks it as your choice as the best answer, (b) gives the author of the answer 15 rep points, and (c) gives you 2 rep points. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 3:07 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | (Cont’d) … (2b) to the extent that this applies, specify what part of speech (e.g., noun or adjective) you are looking for, and (2c) provide a sample sentence demonstrating how the word or phrase would be used. (3) I agree that the “Well said” answer is the better of the ones that got posted before the question was closed (note that he also suggested “You read my mind!” before you used “you are a mind-reader!”). … (Cont’d) | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 3:07 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | (1) FWIW, I do not understand or agree with the closure of your question. I’ve been on this site > 5 years, accruing > 5K rep, and I still don’t understand everything that happens here. I believe that a lot of it is arbitrary: the rules are subjective and the decisions seem capricious. (2) May I suggest that, if you have a question like this in the future, you (2a) use the [phrase-request] and/or [single-word-requests] tags(s) instead of [synonyms], … (Cont’d) | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 15:45 | comment | added | John Pinochet | (Cont'd) ... As examples: english.stackexchange.com/questions/431336/… and english.stackexchange.com/questions/326948/… | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 15:40 | comment | added | John Pinochet | Thanks Scott! Well said, or should I say well put? I deleted the bookmark comment and have decided to leave everything else alone for posterity. For the record, I would vote for the "Well Said" answer below as the correct answer. Not that it matters as I'm just a plebe here, but I followed a "non-hold" question format almost to the letter for my "edit". I do understand the "opinion" designation, and reluctantly agree, but don't understand how almost identical questions aren't marked as opinion as well. As examples: | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 12:34 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | (Cont’d) … Additionally, new users are advised not to delete too many questions, and the system might not allow you to delete this one, because it has two answers, one of which is up voted. But, if you want to delete your comments and try to delete the question, that’s your decision to make. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 12:34 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | (Cont’d) … Sadly, it appears that the “hold” is not likely to be lifted. But I see no reason to delete anything (except possibly for the second comment — the one talking about folders and bookmarks — because it’s not entirely clear how it relates to the question). If it is meant to clarify of illuminate the question, you should edit it into the question. … (Cont’d) | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 12:34 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні |
I was wondering whether my comment would be understood as the light-hearted observation that it was meant to be, or whether I needed to include a :-) smiley face. I was noting that your question asked for a way of saying “I could not have said it better myself”, and then, when jimm101 wrote a sample sentence, you said, essentially, «I could not have said it better myself». So, while referring to an example sentence, you gave an example sentence (except “you are a mind-reader!” is too many words). … (Cont’d)
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| Mar 1, 2018 at 4:59 | comment | added | John Pinochet | Scott, thanks for the comment. Should I delete all of my comments? Actually should I delete this question? It seems the hold has not been lifted even though I followed the exact language from other similar "single word that means a phrase" questions. I'll wait another day or two and delete the whole thing. Complete waste of time for the group and for a newbie if no guidance given to improve and create acceptable question. | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 2:20 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | I sense self-referentiality. | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 0:03 | comment | added | John Pinochet | I'm new to all this so forgive me for asking or placing a comment here that doesn't belong. Whoever entered the example sentence (in my explanation) is a mind-reader! Thank you. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 23:14 | history | edited | jimm101 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added mandatory example sentence
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 22:58 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 22:40 | comment | added | John Pinochet | For some reason my clarification comment is not present. I found this question to follow for acceptable format: english.stackexchange.com/questions/431336/… | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 22:38 | history | edited | John Pinochet | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
My original question was put on hold by the moderator. Elsewhere on this web site I found an apparently acceptable way of asking my question: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/431336/what-single-word-could-be-used-in-place-of-long-drawn-out-procedure?rq=1
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 17:46 | history | closed |
FumbleFingers tchrist♦ |
Opinion-based | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 17:12 | answer | added | lbf | timeline score: -1 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 15:42 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 14:36 | answer | added | Jean-Thomas Lessard | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 14:24 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 14:20 | history | asked | John Pinochet | CC BY-SA 3.0 |