Questions tagged [english]
For questions about the use of English versus other languages across the Stack Exchange network.
37 questions
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How to update the FAQ regarding non-English answers across the network on sites where the "very low quality" flag has been removed?
This question was closed as "only applicable to one specific site" as the change in question took place only on Stack Overflow. However, this question isn't directly asking about the ...
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1 answer
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Does SO Portuguese have more downvotes than SO English? [closed]
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that SO Portuguese often has more downvotes than SO English? Further, is there a way for us to find data to test this hypothesis? If this is true, I wonder why ...
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3 answers
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Is it allowed to have non-English text in the "About" section of the user profile page?
Are profile pages (about section) required to be written in English? For example, this Stack Overflow profile that I found is entirely in Italian. Stack Overflow is an English-only site, and that ...
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6 votes
1 answer
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English numeric-agreement bugs in the user profile questions tab
When viewing the results of the question tab for a user profile, you are presented with grammatically incorrect English. It erroneously uses plural count nouns following a count of one: The same ...
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1 answer
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Could we have an official preference on English question title capitalization? [duplicate]
The consensus on the preferred capitalization of English question titles in the Stack Exchange network is sentence case (Would this be an OK example?), not title case (Would This Be an OK Example?). ...
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28 votes
0 answers
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What does ɴᴏᴛ count as a “neopronoun”? [duplicate]
Recently I have come across the curious neologism neopronouns. I have a lifelong interest in languages and linguistics, but this is a new concept for me. Prior to a month or so ago I had never heard ...
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37 votes
2 answers
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Does Stack Exchange insist on a special language for posts? Please describe
Reading a bit about recent Monica Cellio related posts, I am afraid that I may be using a language that is a lot like English, but might not be the Stack-Exchange-approved version of English. For ...
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46 votes
3 answers
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What level of English proficiency do we expect of people participating on SE sites?
Premise There is an English language construct called singular they SE writers would like to do their best to use the correct way to address readers. SE readers might prefer pronouns that are not ...
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Are there any objections to using singular they for everyone?
Disclaimer: I am in no way part of any under-represented group, quite the contrary, so if anyone feels that I am out of place with this suggestion please let me know. Of what we can piece together ...
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6 votes
1 answer
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HNQ has been hacked by the Russians
A question from the Russian language edition of Stack Overflow has appeared in the HNQ: Ошибка Another git process seems to be running in this repository. A significant amount of the title, and the ...
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-1 votes
2 answers
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Should an answer be downvoted because the question is considered badly formatted?
I am referring to this answer I gave on English.SE, but I am interested in a general answer (since I browse many SE sites). I cannot find an existing question about this on meta. Most results I find ...
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6 votes
1 answer
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Is it Ok to ask for a clarification for a comment?
Sometimes, I see comments on here which I definitely can't understand or translate. In that case, I write something like that : @userxxxxx Sorry, I can't translate "incomprehensible sentence example"...
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-14 votes
1 answer
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Polite request to apply ingenious and creative solutions towards creating a multi-lingual SO
I have followed SOs tendency/tenacious inclination to only offer SO in English with interest - especially given all the controversy surrounding questions written in bad English by non-English speakers ...
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13 votes
2 answers
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Why doesn't it say anything about English in the help center?
I saw this French question today on Stack Overflow and I started thinking: Are non-English questions acceptable on Stack Overflow? After a few minutes of research I found this (from the StackOverflow ...
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2 votes
2 answers
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Asking and answering questions in Spanish [duplicate]
I am from Venezuela and I do not speak English. I would like to help out here however, to answer questions I need to use Google Translate. May I ask (and answer) questions in Spanish?
