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In what generality should a question be asked?
You are allowed to ask multiple questions. It is perfectly fine to post a question asking if $c$ is true. Then if you get an answer proving $c$ is not true, then you can post a new question asking ...
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Place bounty on another user's old question or re-ask?
I would put a bounty on the existing question. However, this does not guarantee that the question will get answered.
One alternative approach we have experimented with on Literature Stack Exchange is ...
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In what generality should a question be asked?
One small addendum to D.W.'s answer: it sounds like you are trying to use Math SE as a resource for your own research. As a general rule[1], questions on Math SE should focus on (relatively) well-...
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Was this question closed for being about an ambiguity rather than being ambiguous?
It is about the ambiguity of English language and the idea is at least as old as Lewis Carroll's "A Tangled Tale": put 40 pigs into 4 pigsties on the circle so that each next pigsty contains ...
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