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mattrom

3rd December 2020, 18:36
Although.....the Big Red Bible has
acer....a plant of the maple genus Acer
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chrise

3rd December 2020, 18:38
[Sorry, buddy - it's the genus, so should be capital, as in Acer palmatum)
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chrise

3rd December 2020, 18:39
Put "Acer" in italics, then, mattrom!
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chrise

3rd December 2020, 18:48
[sorry - i should mention that i do a lot of proofreading and editing botanical articles - ferns, of course - so i notice this sort of thing]
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mattrom

3rd December 2020, 18:49
Why so rude, Chrise? Please check Chambers for the entry under 'acer'
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aristophanes

3rd December 2020, 19:13
If you're referring to the genus specifically it should be capitalized, but the word can be used, uh, generically, like oak or pine, in lower case.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/acer

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chrise

3rd December 2020, 19:45
Very sorry mattrom - absolutely no intention to be rude. I was just trying to be helpful!
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mattrom

3rd December 2020, 19:50
One of my previous occupations was landscaping, so I am familiar with horticultural terminology.
Apologies to Les for derailing the thread.
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mattrom

3rd December 2020, 19:53
If it's not too early to ask for a parse - Spike, what is 'grateful Dane' in # 23?
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chrise

3rd December 2020, 19:54
[Aristo @36
Those examples aren't equivalent. Acer is the genus, but "oak" and "pine" aren't - they are [i}Quercus and Pinus respectively.]
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