Our professional, personable staff is committed to providing you the best services and support.   Shouldn't it be: Our professional, personable staff is committed to providing you with the best services and support.
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Does provide need the preposition with, or is it truly ditransitive?        Kindly provide us with your best quotation   Kindly provide us your best quotation.   He provided directions.   He provided us directions.   He provided us with directions.
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Currently, SE employees are given diamonds wherever they need them. I agree with  on this to some degree, employees shouldn't be treated any different.  But... on meta, employees are different. They have the power to dole out official responses, and thus we should be able to differentiate between an employee and a normal user. Currently, only some employees have a diamond on MSO (see , ). This makes it confusing, especially when you see official-sounding posts like .  Now, giving diamonds to all employees on meta may not be the best solution to this. I don't think all employees want their precious inboxes spammed with all the suspensions that are doled out on meta, and other mod stuff. They won't really need the diamond powers either (though it wouldn't hurt).  So, I propose this:  Similar to how moderators have "Moderator" clearly on their profile    display "employee" on an employee's profile, along with the diamond if they have one. At least on meta.    It would imho be even better to display it on their usercards in some form, but that has already been shot down.  It would be even even better if non-MSO mods had greyed out diamonds, similar to , but that's just me wanting more shiny stuff ;-)
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Over dinner tonight, one of the guests was describing herself as her boss's favorite employee, and asked for a term to describe this.  As the only guest who spoke English as a first language, the question fell on me, but I could not think of any such term.  Is there one?  It would be similar to "teacher's pet" to describe a teacher's favorite student, but in the professional realm.  "Boss's pet" just doesn't seem to fit.
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When I was in New York the workers at the counter (in a shop) always said      Hi, how are you doing?   I was, and still am very confused if they just mean "hello", or actually want to know how I feel.  Could someone please tell me if this is just an empty phrase or if the speaker is genuinely interested.
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I was asked this question at an interview and had no answer. Can anyone here explain?
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What does the actual phrase above mean?
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Someone in another state asked me to be his personal assistant.  From the start I was suspicious.  He said he was doing a lot of projects in my state and needed my help.  Then he said he needed to transfer some money to my account (via mobile), but in order to do so he requires my full name, account number, username, and password.  I've never heard of this.  Please advise, as this sounds really weird and risky!
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I'm really worried about professionalism.  My site would be something like http://mywebsite.uy instead of http://mywebsite.com.uy.  What do you think about this practice? What should I have in mind at the moment of choosing one?
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I was wondering if you could help me out with the phrase "Authenticity guarantee". Is it proper English to use this?   Would  "Authentic guarantee" or "Authenticity guaranteed" be more correct?
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I am currently designing an interview plan in order to make a persona for our products(an ERP software, already online). So here is the outline of the questions that i want to asked:  know your user (name, age, experience, working environment, etc) know how they work know their likes about the system   know their dislikes about the system   could you give me some ideas?
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Context : Let say, I have just joined to a company and I want to ask my new friend how long he has been working here.  Using Present perfect:     How long have you worked here ?   Or   using Present perfect continuous tense ?     How long have you been working here ?   According to the image below:    Image credit:   So my answer is using present perfect continuous because I think he started in the past and he's still working at that office now. Am I right ?  Please include the reason on your answer as well.
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I'm wondering if there's ever a reason or time when a company should have its own user (like say, Stack Overflow), instead of users that make it up (like, Jeff Atwood).   I figure this is kind of a bad idea as someone with access to multiple accounts could upvote himself over and over.... but is there any point this is okay and/or a good idea?
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I'm a designer and my company has a single app that serves two different types of user.   One group is the general public, who uses the app to navigate big events (e.g. annual user group meeting sessions, exhibitors, connect with other attendees).  The second group is staff. They primarily access the profiles created by general users. They can add details, e.g. notes about conversations with them.  We have been asked to provide more 'staff' functionality. The app is getting quite large. I remember hearing that an app shouldn't be too "deep" (I think at an NNG course probably 2 yrs ago)... I think we can avoid a drill-down nightmare, but am worried about how large the footprint is getting.  Is there a rule of thumb for when to create a separate app, vs. wedging a lot of functionality into one? And/or can someone point me to a resource?
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We don't migrate posts cause they can be answered by professional and enthusiast programmers. We migrate them because they are to do with SO careers, Teams or other products primarily on SO.        The current wording is somewhat misleading.  Could we have the wording for migration to this site reviewed and corrected?
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Someone introduced himself to us.  After that, when we look back and say what he said, which is right to say?     What did he say his name is?      What did he say his name was?   I think the first one is plausible because his name is always XX, but I'm not sure. Please tell me which is allowed.
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If I am Rita's coach, is Rita my *coachee? (yikes) Is that even a word? Would it be correct instead to say she is my ward? What about terms for people at the other end of a mentor, sponsor relationship?
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While accepting an offer to grad school, one is basically entering into a lasting relationship with one's adviser - most likely, someone whom the applicant has never met before, and the only exposure has been through the potential adviser's website/publications. It is in the interest of both parties to ensure (to the greatest possible extent) that there are no personal/professional traits of either that hamper the formation of a pleasant working relationship - no-one would want to go through the ordeal of having to change advisers midway!  While the faculty has a chance to have a good look at the applicant's profile as well as his motivations (through his grades and SOP), the applicant doesn't have a similar opportunity. So, I'm interested to know what parameters can be used to gauge a potential fit. I've thought of the following:   Past students:  Did anyone ever drop out/change advisers midway, and if so, for what reasons? These would be a bit hard to find though, as I don't expect the faculty concerned would list them on their website. It would be great if anyone could let me know how to find out the list of incoming students to a department for any year. Publication rate, taking into account the venues where they were accepted. Time taken to graduate - though I accept this is more dependent on the student, a median figure should be telling ... What they did post Ph.D. - did anyone get tenure if they went into academia, or is almost everyone unable to break out of being a post-doc?  Tenure status: I'm a bit unsure about this, so wanted the community's opinions about it. Just so that I'm clear, I'm only trying to calibrate the applicant's expectations about the working style of his potential adviser - and hence need to know to what extent are the following "typical" assumptions valid.  Tenured professor  A full professor is more likely to get grant funding, hence less time spent on TAship - but could also mean less time/effort spent on interactions with students (either being busy with other projects/talks, or due to more commitments to family at that age).  Tenure-track faculty (Assistant profs)  More likely to be young and energetic, and could translate to more time spent on one-to-one discussions with grad students - but funding may prove to be an issue, and may have to be on TA for a longer period.   What other factors would be relevant in this matter, and to what extent am I correct/incorrect in either the factors considered, or for undertaking this exercise at all?