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Post 1

iaoth

Mismatched parenthesis: "...contacted by an overlying membrane (the tectorial membrane."


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Fat Freddie

You sound like the parser in a C++ compiler


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Ashley


Fixed smiley - smiley


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iaoth

smiley - smiley

Compiling...
Syntax Error: "In order to accomplish this, our ears collect sound waves of all frequencies by the outer ear and transmitted via the tympanic membrane (ear drum) to the middle ear."

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Either I'm missing a header file, or that sentence is just plain weird. I think it should read "In order to accomplish this, our ears collect sound waves of all frequencies using the outer ear and transmit them via the tympanic membrane (ear drum) to the middle ear."


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Ashley



Done - thanks for the eagle eye smiley - smiley


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iaoth

No problem, I love doing this. smiley - smiley


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Ashley


It's friendly feedback like this which makes the Guide a pleasant place to be smiley - smiley


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Rod

In your intro, you say >>normally you don't hear a colour unless you've really been dipping into the old lysergic acid<<

Of course, there's also:
synaesthesia : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/hearingcolours.shtml


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