jwpat7

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Picture: American Avocet on Yellowstone River, 10 May 2012

Commitments: English Language Learners
Following: Digital Fabrication definition

Author of programs yume as seen here and qenqote as described here

qenqote automates URL-formatting editing and can minimize the amount of manual editing needed when you include a URL in a stackexchange post.

Former pictures: Dakota puddles (prairie potholes), 2012-01-30; Yellowstone River icicles, 12 Dec 2011; Black-and-white ducks on YR, ca 6 Jan 2012; Eagle in eastwind snow, on south bank of YR, 15 Jan 2012; Sunlight & shadows on riverbottom, 5 Feb 2012; Duck in park puddle, June 2011; Trumpeter swan pair on Yellowstone River, 13 Feb 2012; American Avocet on Yellowstone River, 10 May 2012; Pelicans flying above Yellowstone River, 24 June 2012; Rainbow above Livingston Peak, 23 July 2012; Pelican in Yellowstone River, 16 May 2012; Rose/squirrel, 21 Nov 2012; old Bangalore station, Dec 2004

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May 9	comment	Peter Abel biography Your question appears to be off-topic; see faq. That aside, as books by Peter Abel include “Principles of Business Computer Programming”, 1971; “Cobol Programming”, 1980; and so on, up through 1996 editions of “IBM PC Assembler Language and Programming”, he or she has been (or was) active in IT a long time.
May 6	comment	How to format dialogue with an embedded long monologue Also see Kate Sherwood's answer to What is a beat?, and answers by Lauren Ipsum and One Monkey to the same question.
May 5	comment	Writing style — comma, period and re-referring the object of the first sentence again as subject in second sentence When you asked this in ELU (Writing style — comma, period and re-referring the object of the first sentence again as subject in second sentence) I wrote: Many readers will be so put off by the incorrect grammar and wording of the three examples that they will not concern themselves with whether the words "flow". Examples: subject-verb number disagreement, missing prepositions, missing articles.
Apr 16	comment	What are the advantages of different date formats in resumes and CVs? Also see ELU questions What is the best format to use when writing out dates?, How to write date range succinctly and unambiguously in American written English?, What's the correct way to format a date range, time range, and days of week in a single line?, Date format in UK vs US,
Apr 12	comment	Comma between the following clauses in AP Style? I don't have a copy of AP stylebook but gather from apvschicago.com that AP has some rules allowing use of colons.
Apr 12	comment	Comma between the following clauses in AP Style? IMHO, your question is flawed. (1) The clauses “the first goes upstairs” and “the second goes outside” do not have the same subject. First is the subject of the first, and second of the second. (2) Either or both of the commas in the example can be removed without introducing any ambiguity.
Apr 10	comment	Automated correction of google translated documents If you add the errors in your comment (spaces before commas, “more ever” instead of “moreover”, “i” instead of “I”, and the runon sentences) to your list of correctable mistakes, I think it will be clear to you that it is not trivial to correct simple mistakes.
Apr 10	comment	Automated correction of google translated documents translator, since you edited your comment into the question, you can delete your comment.
Apr 2	comment	Words in author's native language? @JohnM.Landsberg, re “not knowing the word is not English is highly unlikely”, I agree with “unlikely” but not with “highly unlikely” as I've seen it a few times. Re “The targeted audience is those who speak the language of the main body of the text”, fully agree.
Mar 26	comment	Should I write about how the character solved some riddle or let the reader solve it himself Also, it may be relevant that while most of the world writes 29/02, in the U.S. many write 02/29.
Mar 26	comment	Should I write about how the character solved some riddle or let the reader solve it himself Why don't you say rounds instead of circles, for a bit of rhyme.
Mar 23	comment	Critique wanted for a fantasy prologue The ideas are clear and interesting but could be expressed better. I suggest reading through the answers to most of the questions listed in right sidebar. Several of the suggestions in those answers will be useful.
Mar 21	comment	Getting details of a past century right How long ago is the previous era? What country is the locale in?
Mar 16	comment	Best way to emphasise the greenness of the fields in spring in comparison with summer @JohnM.Landsberg, I'm sorry the repetition of morning and green disturbed you. (Post redundancy was removed a good while ago.) I've edited answer to remark about that rewrite
Mar 16	comment	Best way to emphasise the greenness of the fields in spring in comparison with summer @JohnM.Landsberg, perhaps comment further at Can we say “front of spring” or merely “beginning of spring”?
Dec 10	comment	combining sentences @Tannalein, see edit.
Nov 30	comment	combining sentences Can you explain what “enhances the discontinuations between planes and the earth” means, and “misleading the classification of mentioned places”, and “doesn't have considerable discontinuity” ? (Please edit the explanation into the question)
Sep 10	comment	Habits and routines for my first tech writing job Monica, please change "tachnical" to "technical" in first line. I submitted an edit to change it but apparently the edit was rejected.
Sep 9	comment	How can a new writer make a realistic estimate of his work rate? I don't understand “So you total time is liable to be deined by ...”
Dec 20	comment	American English: Is it acceptable sentence structure to write, “May God have compassion on your family, in whole.”? Rather than presenting a single line which doesn't quite make sense, you may do better to edit your question and present a few lines before and after it as well, both to make the context clear and to allow suggestions about how to change other lines to avoid problems. For example, if word at the end of the previous line for which you seek a "whole" rhyme is "mole", someone might suggest using "shrew" instead, or "creature", or anyhow some word that can be rhymed with more meaningfully.