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Entry: Shagbark - A530605
Author: Shagbark ,a hard nut to crack. - U170775

An article about a type of tree.
written by someone of the same name

Good work

"who also made these part of there diet."
--> their
(and do you mean the nuts, or did they eat the trees? )

The footnote should end with a full stop.

Quebec Canada --> Quebec, Canada

"25 million BTU per cord"
- what's a BTU, and what's a cord?

central Texas.However
compound leaves,usually
- in each case there's a space missing.

William Bartrum-1792
-->
- William Bartrum, 1792

Alex

This has the makings of a great Entry.

Just a few nitpicks to sort out first

<> should be 30 metres and is there a measurement equivalent?

Color should be spelt colour

<> should be <>

<> should be written as follows <>

The header 'Use of The Wood' should be 'Use of the Wood'.

What does BTU stand for?

You have written Texas and However without a gap.

Is 'leaflets' the right word in this sentence <>?

<> I believe that the first letter of this word should be capitalised

<> What does this stand for?

"leaflets" is the correct word.

"centuries" should not be capitalised.

Yep, 'century' is only capitalised in specific instances, eg 'the 21st Century'.

Curious that America should still rate their Air conditioners and Furnaces as well as thermal output from logs in 'British Thermal Units' abbreviated BTU. If a stack of logs 1 Meter Deep, 1 meter High, Two Meters Long, is used in a fireplace some winter. How do Brits describe the energy those burning logs transmit?

I'd call that "toasty"

but the question is, do you still use British Thermal Units?

Or should this be expressed as Joules per Cubic meter?

Note it will not be expressed as joules per KG as wood is not sold by weight but by volume.

in reference to post#4 I copied this from a dictionary
leaf·let (lflt)
noun.
1. One of the segments of a compound leaf.
2. A small leaf or leaflike part.
3. A printed, usually folded handbill or flier intended for free distribution.
In botany this is the correct term.

That round of corrections are done. How does it look?

Interesting

Just a couple of nitpicks"

The shagbark (carya ovata) should read Carya ovata (in italics I believe).

Shagbark Hickory trees they had best know where there discharge chute is pointing.

Should read where their discharge chute is pointing

Websailor

I can hardly believe that Gnomon's only comments have been that I was right in something

you've even learned to spell his name correctly!

>>These trees grow from the St. Lawrence Seaway to central Texas. However they appear to prefer rocky soil, showing up on many steep mountain slopes- particularly those facing East or North, but not growing on the coastal plain near the Gulf of Mexico.<<

I take it these trees only grow in North America, then? (Natively, that is.) If so, it would be worth mentioning

Hi Shagbark
Just a couple of thoughts.

I think this whole piece would scan a little better with a little rearrangement of the sections into a more ‘natural’ order. They would follow on from one another better if arranged thusly:

(Your intro)
Physical Appearance
Geographical Distribution
Use of the Wood
Hickory Milk
Watch Out

I also think that the details relating to the nuts in the opening para would do better kept together with those in the Hickory Milk section, bringing together the uses for the nuts.

As this is a fairly compact piece, it doesn’t need shortening by the use of footnotes. I think that at least ’ Footnote 1’ could usefully be included in the main text.

Deke

27 March, I reorganized this article. That may have introduced some grammatical or spelling issues that have escaped my notice.