The value of this thread would be enhanced by a list to include the problem
word, the rationale for its replacement, and on the same line, the suggested
alternatives. It would be more convincing, easier to think about, and prompt
readership participation. Many minds can evaluate better than one or two.
A possible model:
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replacement obsolete rationale
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syngamy fertilization confusion with eutrophy
egg fertile egg confusion with
eutrophy?
CO2 fixing dark reactions ETS?? not clear by Koning
lignt independent
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What do you think? What other words, lists, do you have?
David D. Brown
Biology Department
Point Loma Nazarene College
3900 Lomaland Drive
San Diego, CA 92106-2899
Telephone: (619) 849-2271
Fax: (619) 849-2598
E-mail: brownBI at ptloma.edu
