Timeline for I am worried about being off-topic
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 10:27 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Joe Coletta doesn't strike me as being a non-native speaker in the meta post. As for being "nice" it was not very nice of him to say that users are being patronising, or being dismissive without actually citing the relevant examples. His words were, and I quote: ` I will post my question on a forum with nicer folks.` If he wants nicer folks then he should have no problem if he visit Yahoo answers! Or Answers.com. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:16 | comment | added | NVZ Mod | @JoeColetta do you think it makes sense to file a missing person case at the fire department? No! It should be done at the police department or a detective agency. Don't expect the firemen to investigate such cases. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:13 | comment | added | NVZ Mod | @JoeColetta do not expect people here to be very welcoming to learners. Different sites, different rules and cultures, and that is for a good purpose. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:10 | comment | added | NVZ Mod | @JoeColetta the thing is, there is actually a sister site called English Language Learners for people with "far less knowledge of the English language..". This forum is not for learning the basics of the language. This is for the linguists, etymologists, and serious enthusiasts. Feel free to ask good questions here, or over there if you are still learning. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:06 | comment | added | Joe Coletta | (No I am not that naïve. I realize the people who need to hear the message are too busy finding all sorts of shortcomings in my story.) Finally, consider what Ellen DeGeneres says at the end of her acts “Thank you for coming, I hope to see you again, and remember to be nice to each other.” | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:05 | comment | added | Joe Coletta | asked by someone with far less knowledge of the English language than you, imagine yourself visiting an observatory, you ask a question about the manipulation of light beams passing through the telescope lenses, and the response is something like… That’s not a relevant question here because we only use digital telescopes. Now, I did study optical telescopic methods in grad school, but your question should really be answered by optical telescopists in our sister observatory. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:05 | comment | added | Joe Coletta | First, I must apologize for posting my question in the wrong forum. While I did not actually ask a question, if I had, it would have been: <br/> I have always been frustrated by not knowing whether or not to use the word “so” and if I use the word “so”, its proper use. <br/> To guide me now and in the future, I would like to receive advice/suggests on the most appropriate ways to use the word “so” or to not use the word “so” in the five examples below: <br/> [Examples Omitted] <br/> The only other thing I have to say is before providing an answer to a question that was obviously | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 2:55 | comment | added | NVZ Mod | @JoeColetta that's okay. I see it now. I hope something changes your opinion of ELU, and makes you stay. :) | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 2:52 | comment | added | Joe Coletta | To everyone who commented, read, or reads my question above,<br/> I began reading the your comments by first reading my question and continued reading until I came upon the notation:<br/>**Migrated from english.stackexchange.com Feb 16 at 0:48. This question came from our site for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts.**<br/>Gulp!<br/>After reading this it was clear to me that I inadvertently posted my question in the wrong sub-forum.<br/>I am going to read the replies to my question giving my error and will reply accordingly.<br/>Thanks!<br/>Joe | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 2:52 | comment | added | Joe Coletta | Sorry. I accidently posted my reply by hitting enter and when I attempted to edit it, I timed out. It appears that you only have five minutes to edit a comment and it took me 12 minutes. Accordingly, I will retype my response off-line since I lost my original reply and then post it. Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience I may have caused you. Sincerely, Joe | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 2:33 | comment | added | Joe Coletta | To everyone who commented, read, or reads my original question, | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 18:10 | comment | added | NVZ Mod | @R.M. In a sense, yeah. ;) | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 16:25 | comment | added | R.M. | i.e., Just wait for the Stockholm Syndrome to set in. | |
| Feb 16, 2017 at 3:18 | history | answered | NVZMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |