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12 September 2020

  • 21:4021:40, 12 September 2020 diff hist +1 m Buckwheat Culinary use: Seventh paragraph, second sentence: "... in India and ''kachhyambain Nepal."; the run-on ["kachhyamba"in] needs a full-space between ["kachhyamba"] and [in] to result in "kachhyamba in Nepal." Added a full-space to break-up the run-on.

3 September 2020

12 May 2020

  • 21:5421:54, 12 May 2020 diff hist +542 m User:Ken Gallager On September 27, 2019, I relocated to Clarke County, Virginia, and eventually stumbled upon a current road sign which piqued my interest, "Double Tollgate"

28 April 2020

9 November 2019

4 July 2019

  • 18:1918:19, 4 July 2019 diff hist 0 m Umbilical cord prolapse Diagnostic method states: "Suspected based on a sudden decrease in babies heart rate during labor"; incorrect grammar, since "baby" is singular, as only one "baby" can be born at a time; changed "babies" (plural) to "baby's" (possessive)
  • 18:0418:04, 4 July 2019 diff hist 0 m Umbilical cord prolapse Second paragraph, fourth sentence states: "decrease in babies heart rate during labor"; incorrect grammar, since "baby" is singular, as only one "baby" can be born at a time; changed "babies" (plural) to "baby's" (possessive)
  • 14:3714:37, 4 July 2019 diff hist +4 m Umbilical cord prolapse First paragraph states: "Umbilical cord prolapse is when, during labor, the umbilical cord comes out of the uterus with or before the presenting part of the baby."; poor grammar "is when"; changed to "occurs when"

10 June 2019

27 May 2019

  • 14:4214:42, 27 May 2019 diff hist −1 m Ionosphere F layer: First paragraph, fifth sentence: "Because the F2 layer remains by day and night, it is responsible for most skywave propagation of radio waves and long distances high frequency (HF, or shortwave) radio communications."; "distances" (plural) has an extraneous "s"; replaced with "distance" (singular)

20 May 2019

  • 14:1014:10, 20 May 2019 diff hist 0 m Italy Agriculture: Regarding "biggest" versus "largest"; from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biggest - Translation: "of a great size", non-definite expression; from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/largest - Translation: "of greater size", definite expression; replaced "biggest" with "largest" to establish hierarchy, e.g. "at the top of the list of wine producers"

8 May 2019

5 May 2019

  • 19:4719:47, 5 May 2019 diff hist −1 m Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins: Fourth paragraph, first sentence, "The company is among the major suppliers of in-flight entertainment on board aircraft."; changed "on board", as in "carried on board", to "onboard", as in "installed on board"; equate with "aboard"
  • 16:5116:51, 5 May 2019 diff hist −2 m Serendipity Discoveries: First sentence misspelling, "Entomologist Shaun Winterton discovered Semachrysa jade, a new species of lacewing, finding it not in its native Malasia, but on the photo-sharing site Flickr."; corrected "Malasia" to "Malaysia"

21 April 2019

16 April 2019

28 January 2019

  • 15:2015:20, 28 January 2019 diff hist +1 m Cold medicine Medications: Third bullet, third sentence, possible typo: "However, antihistamines cannot be used as an empirical therapy in case of chronic, or non specific cough specially in very young children."; changed "specially" to "especially"

12 January 2019

  • 22:2422:24, 12 January 2019 diff hist +1 m Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy Second sentence, "At its peak, Farm Fresh called itself "Virginias Grocery Store" because it had stores spanning the state."; corrected the ownership error by inserting an apostrophe to change "Virginias" to "Virginia's"

27 December 2018

  • 19:1919:19, 27 December 2018 diff hist +5 m The Far Country (film) Plot: Fourth paragraph, third sentence, "... who have finally found their courage and armed themselves to resist the gang."; created active past participle with "... armed ..." to agree in tense with "... have finally found ..." to result in: "... who have finally found their courage and have armed themselves to resist the gang."

20 December 2018

  • 23:3823:38, 20 December 2018 diff hist +1 m Roanoke Island Etymology: Second paragraph, third sentence, incorrect verb tense: "The Roanoke People may had created and exported the white beads and shells abroad."; changed to "The Roanoke People may have created and exported the white beads and shells abroad."

18 December 2018

17 December 2018

14 December 2018

  • 00:4700:47, 14 December 2018 diff hist −1 m Ned Glass Early life: "Glass was born in Radom, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, to a Jewish family. He immigrated to the United States at an early age and grew up in New York City. He attended City College."; two choices are possible: "He immigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States..." or: "He emigrated to the United States..."; the best choice is the latter, and not the former

8 December 2018

  • 01:5801:58, 8 December 2018 diff hist +4 m Bethel, Alaska History: Fourth paragraph: "Development came to the area during and after World War II, causing big social disruption among the Alaska Natives."; changed to: "Development came to the area during and after World War II, causing a great social disruption among the Alaska Natives."; to increase the importance of social disruption on the Native population

26 November 2018

15 November 2018

  • 11:3011:30, 15 November 2018 diff hist +1 m Fluid coupling Automotive: Second paragraph, third sentence: "While the transmission is in gear, as engine speed increases torque is transferred from the engine to the input shaft by the motion of the fluid, propelling the vehicle."; added one comma to separate clauses in order to prevent run-on.
  • 11:1511:15, 15 November 2018 diff hist +2 m Fluid coupling History: Second paragraph, second sentence: "Following Sinclair's discussions with the London General Omnibus Company begun in October 1926 and trials on an Associated Daimler bus chassis Percy Martin of Daimler decided to apply the principle to the Daimler group's private cars."; added two commas to separate clauses in order to prevent run-on.

11 November 2018

10 November 2018

9 November 2018

19 October 2018

11 October 2018

10 October 2018

  • 23:4223:42, 10 October 2018 diff hist +1 m Rose Valley, Bulgaria Honour: The statement: "Rose Valley Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after the Rose Valley." contains a run-on which could suggest to readers that Antarctica was named after the Rose Valley; added comma following "Antarctica" to eliminate run-on

9 October 2018

27 September 2018

  • 18:5718:57, 27 September 2018 diff hist +76 Heathkit SB-series and HW-series: augmented: "The HW series were affectionately nicknamed the "Hot Water" series." to "While the SB series were affectionately nicknamed the "Sugar Baker" series, the HW series were affectionately nicknamed the "Hot Water" series."; adding the "Sugar Baker" statement, enriches the content of the "Hot Water" descriptive statement
  • 18:4718:47, 27 September 2018 diff hist +73 Heathkit SB-series and HW-series: changed: "... giving the operator more flexibility in talking to foreign stations who could not transmit in the same range as the U.S. stations could." to "... giving the operator more flexibility in communicating with foreign stations, aka "DX Stations", who were not authorized to transmit within the same frequency ranges as the U.S. stations were authorized to use."; improved description of the advantage of operating the Receiver and Transmitter separately

23 September 2018

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