Re: Doubt in level acquired by some saints !!!

I have a doubt.

Wow, a misuse of "doubt" that's close to correct. Anyhoo . . .

You don't have a "doubt", you have a "question". Your "question" is that you "doubt" that a user with only 4 writeups could be level 13 and would like to know how that happens. A "doubt" is a feeling of uncertainty; a "question" is an interrogative statement to elicit information.

This "English for Non-English Speakers" segment of "PerlMonks Street" was brought to you by a grant from the Carneigie Foundation, the letter "Y", and the number Γ(0.35).

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Re^2: Doubt in level acquired by some saints !!! by jhourcle (Prior) on May 15, 2006 at 16:33 UTC
For anyone who's ever had to deal with mapping ontologies, you'll find that there are problems when one language makes a distinction about two similar concepts, and the one you're mapping from doesn't. This doubt/question one is a fairly common Indian -> English example. There are also languages that don't differentiate between blue/green, and sometimes, languages are missing words entirely (how long did it take before the concept of '0' caught on?) Anyway, to keep this on topic -- both '0' and high level with minimal posting -- even with 4 postings, RavingGoat hasn't managed to catch up to khayos, who hasn't ever posted. There was a thread a while back, where someone had some 'score' with xp/posts, or something like that, but I can't find it.	[reply]
Re^3: Doubt in level acquired by some saints !!! by Fletch (Bishop) on May 15, 2006 at 16:46 UTC
Very true, but this does seem to happen fairly not infrequently (I know merlyn has noted it as well). Hopefully someone will see this and get that there is a difference and their English will be however slightly improved. "Me fail English? That's unpossible" – Ralph Wiggum	[reply]
Re^2: Doubt in level acquired by some saints !!! by rhesa (Vicar) on May 20, 2006 at 14:53 UTC
Then again, the three exclamation marks in the title make it sound really doubtful/dubious ;)	[reply]