Questions tagged [duplicates]
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Is it appropriate to mark an earlier, poorer question as a duplicate of a later, better one?
This question is a duplicate of this one, so normally I would vote to mark it as a duplicate. However, the earlier question is of lower quality than the newer one (and that's reflected in its ...
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Please change the canonical 'ordinal question' to one which is more informative
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We get many questions along the lines of "how do I frame a question in order to elicit an ordinal number as a response?".
And, inevitably, they are all closed as duplicates of:
What ...
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Should "Why can we use inadequate but not 'inspecific'?" be reopened?
I've been considering asking this question here on Meta-English Language & Usage for the past few days pursuant to help-center guidelines and after just having asked several users about it, have ...
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Duplicate Question -- Already Been Answered
I was under the impression that "marked as duplicate--this question already has an answer" meant that OP's question had not only elicited an answer or answers, but elicited one that satisfied the OP ...
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Can we switch to a better canonical question about using pronouns in compound possessives?
We get a lot of questions about coordinating pronouns with nouns for joint possession, along the lines of "my wife's and my dinner," most recently: "you," "your" or "yours&...
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"Why don't we close these duplicates?" vs "Why do we not close these duplicates?" vs "Why do not we close these questions as duplicates?"
I found a bunch of questions about these grammatical formulations:
"Why don't we close these duplicates?" (Negated question using a contraction)
"Why do we not close these duplicates?&...
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Can moderators redirect links from badly chosen duplicates to actual duplicates?
The question Subject-verb agreement when using singular they? recently popped up in the Reopen Votes queue because the poster returned and edited it in hopes of getting it reopened. It had been closed ...
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The answer to this question is great! But the question is closed and a bit hard to find
"Put me in touch with whomever created it"?
I think F.E.'s answer here is very good and complete--the best overview on the case of fused relative pronouns that I've seen on this site.
But ...
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Etiquette for simultaneous duplicate answers
To clarify, this is not a question about summarizing or plagiarizing, or on answers that repeat comments. Three of us responded to Word for "parents with children who have moved out"? ; I ...
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How to Mark a Question as a Duplicate of Multiple Questions
This evening I came across this question.
In the comments, sumelic has indicated three potentially related questions. They are obviously better equipped than I to handle any duplicate closing in this ...
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Let's change the canonical question about forming possessives for words which end in 'z' [Completed]
I voted to close the question https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/362525/when-a-name-ends-in-z as a duplicate of Possessive form for a surname ending with "z" (Q1).
Unfortunately, ...
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When considered writing an answer to a question, do I have a responsibility to search for duplicates before answering?
Recently a question came up as to whether it's our responsibility to look for previously answered questions on our sister site, English Language Learners. The consensus was no. But someone commented ...
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Tests of duplicity
A recent question was closed because it already has an answer at another question. I cast the final vote because I believe that the following test is a reliable guide for casting "duplicate" close ...
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An English language learner better not ask in this site? [duplicate]
An English language learner better not ask in this site?
I asked this question and it had been closed as off-topic(it was reopened).
Some members seem to have an opinion that a learner better not ask ...
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