Good day, I was checking a word in Russian-English dictionary if there has not been threads and questions about the phrase I am about to ask and got surprised there were many exmaples, but then I realized they were almost all examples/therads from "English only forum". I think it is confusing. Why is it so? Thanks. E.
Why are English only forum questions in Russian-English dictionary?
- Thread starter Encolpius
- Start date
It can hardly be confusing seeing that every EO thread is labelled "English Only forum "
house over there is beautiful - English Only forum
house over there is beautiful - English Only forum
It is just an effort to give more information about the English term where there are not many English-Russian threads. We do that in all of our English-x dictionaries.
I think you have to use the "search" function (top right hand corner of the page) to find relevant threads, Encolpius.
If I have understood you correctly, it comes to the same thing in the end
. I use it a lot in English Only as well, when a dictionary search turns up a heap of threads with the same title. If you enclose your search phrase in quotation marks, you will find instances of that exact phrase. It makes for a more focused search. You can also specify that you are searching for threads where your word or phrase appears in the title.
If I have understood you correctly, it comes to the same thing in the end
. I use it a lot in English Only as well, when a dictionary search turns up a heap of threads with the same title. If you enclose your search phrase in quotation marks, you will find instances of that exact phrase. It makes for a more focused search. You can also specify that you are searching for threads where your word or phrase appears in the title.
What's the harm in it? You can just ignore the threads labeled "English Only." Others may find them useful!