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A87970783 Trees in JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth
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Would you like to read through and let me know if there are any changes you would like to make?

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Hi Bluebottle.

There are two sections that I am not happy with, both of them my own wording.

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"it was looked after for many years, until Sauron came to the island. The Numenorians were so powerful that they defeated Sauron and took him to their island as a prisoner"

-- this sounds as if Sauron came to the island of his own volition and was later captured and brought there by force. Change it to:

it was looked after for many years, until Sauron's evil kingdom in Middle-earth caught the attention of the Numenorians. They were so powerful that they defeated Sauron and took him to their island as a prisoner

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has died without any offspring -- I don't think offspring is the right word for a tree. Change it to:

has died without any offshoots


Thanks again
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I've made those changes now. One more question: '14,000 years are mentioned in unpublished writings' – is this unpublished in his lifetime or are the writings still unpublished? Christopher Tolkien has published an awful lot of his father's work, particularly in the 12-volume 'The History of Middle-earth'.

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The figure of 14,000 years was published after JRR's death by his son Christopher in "Morgoth's Ring", one volume of The History of Middle-earth.

I've added a to say that, can you check the entry and let me know if it now passes muster?

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Looks good to me.

Okay then, I'll press the button

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