When you are quoting someone's assertion, this happens the following way:  God answered, &quot;The sun is not appropriated to catch up the moon, nor can night outstrip the day.&quot;  Notice the comma, followed by the quotation marks. Now take this example into account:  I am quoting you: &quot;This verse is beyond a shadow of doubt representing geocentrism.&quot; Another assertion of yours: “Your analogy of Copernican heliocentrism is abstract  Notice how I put a colon. I think it is more appropriate in this snippet. Am I doing this right?
Sam developed an annual sweepstakes promotion entitled “The Free Gas Punt Return Game”.    Do I need a comma after entitled or not?
In a question earlier today () the Op asserts that they would need to change their hub, if they wanted to go from a 10- to 11- speed cassette.  I'm not very clued up on 11-speed systems, was wondering why this is the case? And, presumably, when they say "hub", they mean just the freehub body?    Or do they mean something else/more? I've been trying to work out what generic means but I'm not making much progress.   You can find an example of the usage of the word generic for example : "School on Generic Singularities in Geometry" or :  "Rigidity of generic singularities of mean curvature flow"  Here is what I have so far:  I found  which mentions   "... "generic" singularities, i.e., singularities that appear for almost all maps ..."  Just after that he mentions "generic maps" but does not elaborate on what it means. He mentions it later (kind of) by saying  "...The precise definition of a generic map is very delicate; for the moment, we say only that any map may be approached by a generic map (up to an approximation on the derivatives of order r), and that any map that is sufficiently close to a generic map, in the preceding sense, is itself generic. ..."  and later  on he gives a definition of "generic singularity of a singular set":  "... A critical point $x$ of $S_r$ will be called transversally critical, or, furthermore, generic, if the tangent planes to $ \overline{f}(\mathbb R^n) $ and $F_r$ are in general position at the point $\overline{f} (x)$ of the Grassmannian, which is assumed to be ordinary on $F_r$ . ..."  Does this mean that generic and transversally critical are synonyms?  I feel I still don't understand what generic means even after reading this definition and part of the article.      Please could someone help me understand what generic means? Whence came the different varieties of the "long i" diphthong? What is the origin of “long long i” before voiced consonants (the [ai] of wide, while, &amp; tribe) versus “short long i” before unvoiced consonants (the [ʌi] of white, wife, &amp; wipe)? When did this difference appear? Is it just a secondary distinction, or are there minimal pairs for these two diphthongs?  Obviously the distinction is not present in all accents—though its presence in most leads me to believe it's not a late arrival—and yet I've never found a dictionary that distinguishes them. I sadly haven't been able to answer this questions using Google. In beamer, I'd like to make the default font for the entire title page, as well as frame titles, to be the default font from the old  (example ). Why does the question's closed status disappear when clicking to load a new edit? I've come across a small issue which occurs when a question has been closed but the question itself or one of its answers are being edited.  Steps to reproduce:   Visit a closed question. (even closed years ago)   In a different tab or browser, edit the question or one of its answers. "an edit has been made to this post; click to load" message will appear above the edited post in the first tab/browser, click it. The .question-status div becomes hidden, which includes the closed notice below a question and, for a duplicate-closed question, the list of duplicates above the question body. This gives the appearance that the question is no longer closed (until you refresh).   Some screenshots:                I know it isn't common/important but it did confuse me when looking at a particularly bad question - I thought it had been reopened.   Is this an intentional feature? If so, what was the thinking behind it?    Another example  Before    After At page 17 of Munkres' Elements of Algebraic topology it says, referring to fig. 3.6, that "the diagram does not determine [the torus]. It does more than paste opposite edges together":   Is it so? I tried to glue them together, but end up with a normal torus. Why is method overloading and overriding needed in java? "I have never said" versus "I never said" I have never said this.   I never said this.    Is the usage of have in the first sentence justified or grammatically correct?   What is the difference in meaning?   When should I use one form over the other? In Stein's Fourier Analysis i'm having trouble Justifying the following calculations for the Fourier Coefficients in $(1.)$  $(1.)$  Let $f(\theta) = \theta$ for $ -\pi \leq \theta \leq \pi$ in the case when $n \neq 0$:  $$f(n)=\frac{1}{2 \pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\theta e^{-in \theta} d \theta = \frac{1}{2 \pi}[-\frac{\theta}{in}e^{-in \theta}]_{-\pi}^{\pi} + \frac{1}{2 \pi in} \int_{-\pi}^{\pi}e^{-in\theta}d \theta = \frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{in} $$  Then the Fourier Series of $f$ is given by:  $$ f(n) = \sum_{n \neq 0}  \frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{in}$$ Is there a $(6,9,3)_2$ code? Does there exist a $1$-error-correcting binary code with block length $6$ and $9$ codewords?   The Hamming bound says that for any code $C$ with those parameters, $|C| \le \frac{2^6}{1+6} \approx 9.14$. So, we can't rule out the existence of such a code using the Hamming bound. The Singleton bound says that for any code $C$ with those parameters, $|C| \le 2^{6-3+1} = 16$, so we can't rule out the existence of such a code using the Singleton bound. Also, this can't be a linear code, since $\log_2 9$ isn't an integer. That rules out the possibility of just enumerating the possible generator matrices.   I feel a bit silly asking this, but the direct approach (assume $000\ 000$ is in the code, then all others must have Hamming weight $\ge 3$, ...) becomes unmanageable quickly. How else can I go about this? I have been wondering what a gold piece is worth, due to the fact there are many things that cost the same, but in reality, are probably worth radically different prices, such as a Goat and a Whip, which both cost 1 gp.  What is a gold piece really supposed to be worth? Like, how would things be priced if they were in familiar modern monetary units instead of "gp"? That would give me something to base my adjustments to abnormal prices on, such as items not listed in the PHB. How to assign same Data to multiple object copies Why does changing the returned variable in a finally block not change the return value? What are the integer solutions to $a^{b^2} = b^a$ with $a, b \ge 2$ I saw this in quora.  What are all the integer solutions to $a^{b^2} = b^a$ with $a, b \ge 2$?  Solutions I have found so far:  $a = 2^4 = 16, b = 2, a^{b^2}  = 2^{4\cdot 4} =2^{16}, b^a = 2^{16} $.  $a = 3^3, b = 3, a^{b^2} = 3^{3\cdot 9} =3^{27}, b^a = 3^{3^3} =3^{27} $.  In the general case, $a$ and $b$ have the same set of prime divisors, so let $a =\prod_P p_i^{a_i}$, $b =\prod_P p_i^{b_i} $ with each $a_i \ge 1, b_i \ge 1$.  $b^a =b^{\prod p_i^{a_i}} =(\prod p_j^{b_j})^{\prod p_i^{a_i}} =\prod p_j^{b_j\prod p_i^{a_i}} $  $a^{b^2} =a^{\prod p_i^{2b_i}} =(\prod p_j^{a_j})^{\prod p_i^{2b_i}} =\prod p_j^{a_j\prod p_i^{2b_i}} $  Therefore, for each $p_j$, $b_j\prod p_i^{a_i} =a_j\prod p_i^{2b_i} $.  I haven't gotten any further than this.  I conjecture that there are no other solutions. What happens if I unsubscribe from Apple Music, then resubscribe at a later date? I want to cancel my apple music subscription for now, but may want to bring it back this summer. Will all the music I added be permanently removed when I unsubscribe, or will re-subscribing retrieve all my previous music? What use are Steam Trading Cards? Is it purely a 'gotta-have-them-all' mindset, or do they actually serve some purpose?  I notice that you are able to sell them on a community market. For a test I listed one, and someone bought it for 50p. Not exactly a huge amount, but I don't understand why someone would spend real money on them.  Am I missing something?   Are they redeemable for games or money off vouchers or something 'tangible' that I'm missing? How to get the full executable name of a running process in Linux Is Cursed Child canon to the original story? From what I am hearing the stage-play called The Cursed Child is based on the characters from the Harry Potter series. It is set 19 years from the end of Deathly Hallows (i.e. When Harry's children are starting their time at Hogwarts).   I have also seen the J.K. Rowling has had at least some involvement and been on the set and a part of rehearsals, etc.   My question is has there been a statement given relating to the canon of the stage play to original series? If so, would any conflicting information be considered a retcon?  Related:  - but not dupe because this asking about in-universe information. Which graphics cards are supported by the new AMDGPU driver in Ubuntu 16.04? Splitting a semicolon-separated string to a dictionary, in Python I have a string that looks like this:  "Name1=Value1;Name2=Value2;Name3=Value3"   Is there a built-in class/function in Python that will take that string and construct a dictionary, as though I had done this:  dict = {     "Name1": "Value1",     "Name2": "Value2",     "Name3": "Value3" }   I have looked through the modules available but can't seem to find anything that matches.    Thanks, I do know how to make the relevant code myself, but since such smallish solutions are usually mine-fields waiting to happen (ie. someone writes: Name1='Value1=2';) etc. then I usually prefer some pre-tested function.  I'll do it myself then.