Latest comment: 7 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion
Hi, I see that you've been writing comments on the talk pages of entries. Notice that most people won't bother to look there. If you have any questions or concerns about any particular entry, you can bring them to people's attention at WT:Tea Room. — justin(r)leung{ (t...) | c=› }22:43, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
I usually take a look when I see there's something on it :) I mean when I'm interested in the entry. But they are probably right that many people don't. Kolmiel (talk) 20:27, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion
Please correct the information in the Babel box on your user page. It's nice to know what someone's native language, what level of English they are capable of, and what level of proficiency they may have in other languages (and scripts, BTW). DCDuring (talk) 17:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)Reply
Incidentally, you've been active recently in discussions about Japanese and Chinese terms. It would be helpful if you could update your Babel box with your best guess at your current proficiency levels for these languages. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig20:30, 17 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hi, you have posted many times on the Tea Room about the use of plural verbs with collective nouns, but then you never bother to look at the replies, and you just carry on generating more and more. In the August tea room, I replied on "series" and on "is/are a wide variety of patterns".
81.141.8.61
Well, I get a different IP address every time I log on. My replies on the August tea room page to your two questions were by 81.141.8.25
I think I missed the Tea Room thread, but in response to the above example noun phrase "a wide variety of patterns", I would have to say that style guides advocate for use of the singular for the verb, since the main noun here is the singular "variety". Same as "a group of many different cars" -- the main noun is the singular "group".
Latest comment: 3 years ago7 comments2 people in discussion
Hi SUC. I got the email you sent me a few days ago but I'm afraid I won't open it or to go to mega.nz to look at the "Oxford English Dictionary" you sent me. Following email links is not something I typically do. Even if it were a PDF, I wouldn't, since who knows what's embedded in it. -- Dentonius (my politics | talk) 15:25, 24 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Thanks for the thanks re. my now-deleted post. Putting up with egocentric, ill-tempered, socially-challenged bullies is part of the territory in environments that maintain users' anonymity. I don't mind his occasionally ridiculous arguments, but I'll be squarely in your corner if he posts any more ridiculously pugilistic outbursts. And he's been known to troll certain users, so don't let him bait you into to stooping to his level. I hope he's suffering just a mild case of BPD rather than something more serious. After reading The Professor and the Madman I sure wouldn't agree to having a beer with him. (Like he might even take time away from here for something like that? Ha!) Cheers. --Kent Dominic (talk) 12:32, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Hi,
Did you see the replies I wrote? They would be here: [1]. I'll try to go through more, but there's a tradeoff between thoroughness and speed of answering. 70.172.194.2518:42, 22 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 8 months ago7 comments5 people in discussion
Entirely optional but if you are going to start signing "JMGN" then maybe you should match your name to the signing. Otherwise it's quite confusing to everybody. Equinox◑09:35, 12 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
Wiktionary Police Force (I'm sorry if I caused any hard feelings!) I support people using names that are not the actual username. The function exists because this website was made in an age when that kind of change was considered no problem. That era still exists, as far as I am concerned. You may even call yourself "NotBackinstadiums". And I would encourage you to use whatever signature you want to (within the scope of the rules and policies of WMF). diff. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:24, 16 June 2023 (UTC)(Modified)Reply
Oh, have you changed from signing as "Backinstadiums"? I was just about to ask what a "Backinstadium" was! It feels a bit like a cryptic clue: e.g. a reference to arenina — whatever that might be. But I might be overthinking it. FWIW, I quite liked the quirkiness of it. —DIV (49.186.112.23406:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC))Reply
Latest comment: 26 days ago2 comments1 person in discussion
This doesn’t help the project anyhow, and others could sue us. You’ve been asked multiple times to cease, but in vain. Inqilābī17:58, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply