Timeline for What makes the "an" a determiner in one situation and a preposition in another in English?
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| Jul 25, 2013 at 18:04 | comment | added | Alenanno | For more info, see also: Cross-posting on StackExchange sites and Clarification regarding cross-posting rules. That should help! :D | |
| Jul 25, 2013 at 18:01 | comment | added | Alenanno | @acattle Just seen this but actually, the problem with crossposting exists and you can read this to see why it's bad. There's nothing wrong with posting a question on multiple sites as long as: (1) You let some time pass between the two questions. (2) You tailor the question according to the site. ... Now, if your questions fits many sites, then the question is too broad and not really fit for any of them. I'll leave this question open however because it's been answered and we can always answer it "linguistically". | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 20:07 | answer | added | robert | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 11:46 | comment | added | prash♦ | I think it is on topic here. One could also replace "an" with "each". Perhaps you could add "I charge $100 each massage" as an additional example, and modify the question to ask about this phenomenon too. | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 3:17 | comment | added | hippietrail | In my past experience when it comes up, direct cross posting is not considered great but asking versions of the same question tailored to the field of each of multiple sites is not bad and can result in quite complementary answers. That said, I'm not sure this is really a linguistics question as currently worded. If it's more about usage it belongs on another site. If it's about word classes and polysemy it should be edited a bit and then it belongs here. I definitely agree about linking the two questions though! | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 3:17 | answer | added | acattle | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 3:01 | comment | added | acattle | @bonomo As far as I know there's no rule against cross posting but it tends to be inefficient if you have two groups working independently on the same problem at the same time (also it's a bit of a dick move). I think you should choose one site to ask it on and then if you don't get a satisfying answer you can take the information you gained from the last question, incorporate it into your question, and ask it again. No matter what you should always include a link to other versions of the same question so we can at least see what other people are saying. | |
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| Jul 24, 2013 at 1:40 | comment | added | Trident D'Gao | I am sorry if there is more than one SE that the question fits. Linguistics is where it belongs, but chances are it will be better answered in ELL. | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 1:35 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | Please do not crosspost your questions to several SE sites. I guess, it better fits at ELL, so voting to close this one as offtopic. | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 0:36 | answer | added | hippietrail | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 24, 2013 at 0:30 | history | edited | hippietrail |
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| Jul 23, 2013 at 23:45 | history | asked | Trident D'Gao | CC BY-SA 3.0 |