Questions tagged [specific-question]
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1 vote
1 answer
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Dubious premise, valuable answer - what now?
The question in questio- err, the question being discussed. I've made a question concerning a rather obscure question, and got a valuable answer explaining a valuable (and seemingly obscure?) ...
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-1 votes
1 answer
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Why has not my post reopened again
My previous post (see this link: Question about prepositions in English idioms) has been re-edited again. It is now well-formulated and has been voted "reopened" by three people. I am ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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Can I ask about relations of similarity beween 2 or more specific languages?
To give a real example, I'd be interested in knowing more about whether the relation between "go" (movement) and "going to" (future marker) in the Enlish language is shared by the ...
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Gentle request regarding the question about the intransitive use of "obtain" in academic writing
This question was first closed with only 2 votes. I left a comment under it explaining how it is a linguistic question, and it got reopened. It then got migrated to a different site without discussing ...
user17305
1 vote
2 answers
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Clarity or Details. Information; what kind of information should I add for a specific question in the main site?
What kind of information does this question need; is my motivation in asking the question going to help, should I add it? I earnestly don't know what details and information I should add.
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Editing the aspectual coercion question
Is there any language that doesn't express Tense but allows “aspectual coercion”? This question is quite unclear. I asked the OP if this is what they meant but they never replied. Do you think it is ...
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