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Poor formatting and writing in reasons for flagging

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Opting in to expanding voting access on English Language & Usage SE

Mari-Lou A

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modified 2 days ago

10 votes

4 answers

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Links posted by John Lawler need to be replaced with archived versions

Xanne

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modified Jun 3 at 21:15

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1 answer

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Do Middle English - Latin/Greek/etc dictionaries exist?

Lambie

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modified Apr 29 at 19:44

-1 votes

2 answers

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Relevant comments deleted

jsw29

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modified Apr 1 at 20:26

3 votes

2 answers

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Sources for Commonly Used Words That Do Not Derive From Latin and Greek

CommunityBot

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modified Mar 15 at 18:01

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0 answers

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Software for narrow speech transcription into phonetic notations?

Tim

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0 answers

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Logo updates to Stack Overflow's visual identity

V2Blast

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modified Feb 26 at 17:40

1 vote

0 answers

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Are there any formal lists of words and phrases used in different English dialects?

Meep the Changeling

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Feb 16 at 9:48

45 votes

4 answers

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Announcement: AI generated answers are officially banned here

Dewi Morgan

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modified Feb 10 at 4:39

4 votes

1 answer

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Can we get this question back from ELL, please?

Araucaria - Him

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modified Feb 7 at 8:01

3 votes

0 answers

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Should we change the description of the [popular-refrains] tag?

hb20007

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0 answers

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Did the Eggcorn Database die?

Timothy Chow

277

Jan 16 at 7:59

14 votes

5 answers

793 views

Reason behind drastic decline in viewership and upvotes in ELU posts

David

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answered Jan 15 at 10:49

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0 answers

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2025: a year in moderation

David

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modified Jan 13 at 17:19

2 votes

0 answers

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Reference request- Punctuation

Mari-Lou A

95.8k

modified Dec 14, 2025 at 17:37

12 votes

2 answers

416 views

Why are older posts being edited to remove the [etymology] tag?

V2Blast

222

modified Dec 9, 2025 at 20:15

7 votes

1 answer

287 views

Is ELU tag guidance required to "accord" with Linguistics.SE guidance?

V2Blast

222

modified Dec 9, 2025 at 20:14

3 votes

2 answers

336 views

Is Tom Dalzell's book "The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English" authoritative?

Suhail Nazir Khan

12.1k

modified Nov 23, 2025 at 9:12

0 votes

3 answers

236 views

Which EL&U users have the highest number of questions and answers

Glorfindel

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modified Nov 18, 2025 at 18:04

16 votes

1 answer

624 views

Upcoming Moderator Appointment Trial

V2Blast

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modified Nov 11, 2025 at 16:28

59 votes

2 answers

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Thank you, Professor Lawler and Rest in Peace!

Araucaria - Him

51.1k

modified Nov 7, 2025 at 0:04

28 votes

5 answers

840 views

Please don't migrate obviously off-topic questions to ELL - it just makes things harder on the author

Mari-Lou A

95.8k

modified Nov 2, 2025 at 10:10

110 votes

4 answers

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A friendly reminder: ELL is not EL&U's trash can

Andy Bonner

8,037

answered Oct 27, 2025 at 21:17

-7 votes

1 answer

315 views

Why are my informational comments being selectively deleted while others are allowed to remain

TimR

1

modified Oct 4, 2025 at 9:18

9 votes

2 answers

505 views

What words are offensive in titles? What are the rules?

MetaEd

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modified Oct 1, 2025 at 19:23

-2 votes

1 answer

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Why are you no longer accepting questions from me?

tchristMod

141k

answered Sep 24, 2025 at 14:15

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2 answers

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your account is suspended on the parent site and cannot chat for 13 days

tchristMod

141k

modified Sep 18, 2025 at 21:58

1 vote

1 answer

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What are good online tools to translate specialized technical terms in 2025?

Peter Shor

92.6k

modified Aug 31, 2025 at 15:53

24 votes

2 answers

705 views

Please don't migrate low-quality questions that don't show evidence of research

smci

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modified Aug 9, 2025 at 3:20

1 vote

1 answer

154 views

How do I get a 50 reputation?

Edwin Ashworth

94k

modified Jul 24, 2025 at 22:31

1 vote

0 answers

160 views

Why was my question about the phonetic evolution of the word "tear" (of the eye) closed?

tchristMod

141k

modified Jul 14, 2025 at 14:54

1 vote

0 answers

129 views

The company has added an AI chatbot to the sidebar for all sites

ColleenV

1,371

asked Jul 9, 2025 at 16:54

2 votes

2 answers

142 views

Why is a CommonMark table not rendering?

ColleenV

1,371

modified Jul 5, 2025 at 11:16

2 votes

1 answer

168 views

Pronunciation of Phonetic Symbols in British Accent

Lambie

18.1k

answered Jun 16, 2025 at 20:38

17 votes

0 answers

494 views

Historical questions should usually be left open, not closed and deleted, even if standards have changed

tchristMod

141k

asked May 18, 2025 at 22:47

54 votes

1 answer

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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

Stuart F

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modified May 8, 2025 at 12:27

0 votes

1 answer

261 views

Why are deleted posts kept visible to others?

LaurelMod

68.3k

answered Apr 12, 2025 at 3:50

-3 votes

1 answer

248 views

Why was this question showing research closed for the reason "Please include the research you’ve done"?

Lambie

18.1k

modified Apr 9, 2025 at 17:49

5 votes

2 answers

167 views

Guidelines on New User Capabilities

LaurelMod

68.3k

answered Mar 31, 2025 at 18:39

2 votes

3 answers

757 views

What do you think about using ChatGPT and AI features to learn English? Is it trustable 100%?

shuangwhywhy

101

answered Mar 24, 2025 at 16:05

1 vote

1 answer

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Is there a text of scenario "The magician's nephew" that BBC dramatized on the Radio?

Andy Bonner

8,037

answered Mar 5, 2025 at 21:52

121 votes

12 answers

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What good reference works on English are available?

Edwin Ashworth

94k

modified Mar 2, 2025 at 15:28

4 votes

0 answers

361 views

Has EL&U become too hostile?

Amal

306

asked Mar 1, 2025 at 16:05

29 votes

2 answers

945 views

Hey! People who like to close questions! Hey!

Lambie

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modified Feb 28, 2025 at 15:50

3 votes

2 answers

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The old question "Is there a phrase that means sleeping with someone without sex?" includes an unanswered origin question in the question body

ermanen

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answered Feb 17, 2025 at 10:58

-2 votes

1 answer

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What are the research problems in English grammar research today?

LaurelMod

68.3k

modified Feb 16, 2025 at 2:13

3 votes

2 answers

171 views

Gender neutral language on English SE

tchristMod

141k

modified Feb 7, 2025 at 2:29

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