300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China

ZME Science ^ | 2/21/12

[aruanan]

I saw nothing related to that phrase. You might want to read your own posts before you complain about the tone in anyone else’s.

Again, the selection, just like your use of ellipses. I referred to the piece as a whole, that was pretty evident, and I related it to other examples of poor writing by Chinese dealing with English.

[dog breath]

Okay, you are correct a living monster would be very cool, I take back that statement.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks FrogMom, Renfield, and LibWhacker.

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[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks FrogMom. Thanks also to Renfield for sending the link, which I didn't move on fast enough. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[ThanhPhero]

Bared witness?

[Sawdring]

far better than what is seen in most of the comments of posters on the various FR threads.

Now you have to be an English major to voice your opinion?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks aruanan.

[SunkenCiv]

the "fossilizedforest" keyword:

• The Pompeii of trees: 300 million-year-old forest preserved by volcanic ash found beneath Chinese...
• Prehistoric titanic-snake jungles laughed at global warming
• World's Biggest Snake Lived in 1st "Modern" Rain Forest
• Prehistoric titanic-snake jungles laughed at global warming (at 3-5° hotter then )
• The World's Largest Fossil Wilderness (Coal mine)
• Largest prehistoric snake slithers into record books
• Largest snake was 'size of bus'
• Ancient fossil find: This snake could eat a cow!
• Archaeologists discover 8-million-year-old forest in Hungary
• Rare fossilized cypress trees found in Hungary
• Researchers Probe Fossilized Rain Forest
• Ancient Rainforest Revealed in Coal Mine

[aruanan]

far better than what is seen in most of the comments of posters on the various FR threads.

Now you have to be an English major to voice your opinion?

No, one doesn't even have to write clearly or with any sort of thought or regard to spelling, grammar, context, or facts to voice his opinion. It just helps to make one's opinion a bit more believable to use correctly written English, which includes correct spelling, agreement in number between subject and verb, etc; you know, basic stuff.

[aruanan]

Bared witness?

I guess that's a witness that's letting it all hang out.

[wildbill]

The forest is probably the reason for the coal. I mean everyone knows that fossil fuels comes from old buried dinosaurs. Haven’t we all seen the old Sinclair Oil signs with their distinctive Dino logo? Well, there you are.

I bet there are lots of fossilized dino bones in that forest where they were peacefully sleeping in dinosaur hammocks. (er...I made that up)

[gleeaikin]

Here is another potential Catastrophe you might want to post or find elswhere and post. Long interesting article, with references to Apophis as well.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/asteroid-2011-ag5-may-pose-threat_n_1306200.html?ref=science&ncid=webmail14