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“[so]” shouldn't auto-expand to “Stack Overflow” in chat and comments
If you type [so] in chat, it auto-expands to "Stack Overflow". This is a problem in http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/95/english-language-usage, since you might type "so" in brackets to indicate an ...
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Was this closed due to bad English?
Just wondering, was this Stack Overflow question, How can you popup two windows and then do stuff? closed as subjective because of the questioner's bad English?
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Is it wrong or unethical to ask questions using English produced by a translation tool?
Is it wrong or unethical to ask questions in English using Google translator? What is the correct procedure to ask questions in the English language when you do not know the English language?
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Is English required on Stack Overflow?
Otherwise known as 必需用英语吗？(is English required?)
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Overzealous editing out of a single non-English phrase? [closed]
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Are taglines & signatures disallowed?
Is English required on Stack Overflow?
Being still somewhat of a new active user of SO I am a bit unsure of
the culture here.
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Strange punctuation habit
I have seen so many people on Stack Overflow (mostly those sloppy people who make a lot of grammatical/spelling mistakes) putting a space before punctuation, especially before a question mark. Is this ...
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What's the best stack exchange to discuss language analysis?
I don't mean to discuss the grammar of English language, but rather its lexical analysis.
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What constitutes acceptable English on Stack Exchange sites?
It's well-established policy that English is required on Stack Exchange sites (language-specific sites aside). That policy led to the question of whether English means UK English or US English. The ...
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Possible to rank a user or SE site based on language “grade” level?
Jeff Atwood wrote about how SE is clever way to trick programmers into becoming better writers.
This sparked some curiosity such as:
Is there a way to see if my writing has improved over time?
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Is English required on Stack Exchange?
Related:
Is English required on Stack Overflow?
Seeing that localization is slowing creeping up and "site" in "language" proposals are accepted, what is the policy for English on sites within ...
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What should we do with posts written in a language different from English? [closed]
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Is English required on Stack Overflow?
Non English question, answer or comment - should I report?
I am not talking about questions in C# and answers in Java. What ...
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Are questions being poorly phrased a reliable indicator that it's a bad question?
In Dear Stack Overflow: We like and respect you all, but we know you can do better than this. , there's reference to "Some random guy who thinks that maybe he can get an answer, whether it's badly ...
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Does “English only” mean more questions in suboptimal English?
Recently, I came across a couple of posts whose English grated on me:
Need to get my object into a subclass had "RUBY: gotta get my object into a subclass, getting closer" (emphasis added) as its ...
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Should multilingual posts be edited to remove non-English content?
I've noticed a few posts that presumably contain the same content in both English and a secondary language (most frequently Spanish).
Sometimes the English translations are contributed by the OP in ...
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Momentarily in comments
Related: Momentarily when accepting answers
The English on this site is usually pretty good. I think comments just say "momentarily" now, as soon as you submit them. That doesn't sound right:
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