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Jan 6, 2018 11:44 PM CST
Name: Rick R.
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Sharon said: If there is a glossary, it needs to be letter perfect from beginning to end.


Do you agree?

It is my opinion that most word definitions are not up for debate. They are what they are, and I think it is pretentious of us to think we are qualified to to a better job. Of course they can be discussed (in an effort to clarify), but presenting a differing or incomplete opinion only creates confusion rather than clarification.

And who here is willing to go the extra miles to research as much of an unbiased definition as possible: to go to the primary sources, not wikipedia, and then translate the definition in a complete fashion so as to make sense?

for example:

-- https://garden.org/ideas/view/...
While the simple definition is correct, the daisy photo is an extremely poor example, and without any explanation.
I'll ask you: how many corollas does that one daisy have?
.... one, two, ten or one hundred? The answer is closer to one hundred.
http://www.efloras.org/florata...

"letter perfect from beginning to end", that's what Sharon said. Are you up to it?
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

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