My Pepper Paper

[MichaelXY]

My pepper paper?

Capsicum Chinense1.doc

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Your pepper paper thoughts?

[canalon]

A few typos (et. al should be italicised, beware spaces et give a good look at your bibliography) but one thing made me cringe:

Thanks to clever planning by Mother Nature...

Mother nature does not plan!

[MichaelXY]

A few typos (et. al should be italicised, beware spaces et give a good look at your bibliography) but one thing made me cringe:

Thanks to clever planning by Mother Nature...

Mother nature does not plan!

I guess your right, that was not a proper thing to say in a semi academic paper. In the past my papers have been very stuffy and technical. I was trying to add a little color to my writing. I made an assumption that since Mother Nature is fictional, the statement would just go over as a form of colorful speech. In retrospect, I see how it sounds bad

Luckily this paper was never used beyond this forum as I made a subject change after writing it... Maybe that is why I posted it, as I felt my effort went to waste

Thought the chili's trivia might interest a few people.
Thanks for the comments...

[mith]

Aside from the obvious reason as a flavoring in food, there are other economic uses for chilis. Certain compounds are extracted from the fruit and are used in pepper spray, a self defense weapon. Chilis have also found their way into medical products as certain parts of the fruit have anti-microbial properties.

Wouldn't exactly say either of these are "economic" uses.

[MichaelXY]

Aside from the obvious reason as a flavoring in food, there are other economic uses for chilis. Certain compounds are extracted from the fruit and are used in pepper spray, a self defense weapon. Chilis have also found their way into medical products as certain parts of the fruit have anti-microbial properties.

Wouldn't exactly say either of these are "economic" uses.

Why not?
Grocery Stores sell chilis for economic gain, pepper spray is sold for profit as well.

[mith]

wouldn't it sound better if you said it was commercial use? or consumer use? economic sounds all wall streety

[MichaelXY]

I agree I think the phrase, commercial use does sound better.

[alextemplet]

Nice paper; I find your writing style approachable and easy to read. As far as constructive criticism, there's a few minor spelling and grammar errors, but I noticed one phrase in particular:

There are two big often asked questions about chilis.

Wouldn't this read better if "big often asked" was changed to "commonly asked"?

Other than that, I enjoyed reading it. So your work was not in vain!

[MichaelXY]

Nice paper; I find your writing style approachable and easy to read. As far as constructive criticism, there's a few minor spelling and grammar errors, but I noticed one phrase in particular:

There are two big often asked questions about chilis.

Wouldn't this read better if "big often asked" was changed to "commonly asked"?

Other than that, I enjoyed reading it. So your work was not in vain!

Yes that does sound better thanks. What spelling errors did you find? I ran spellcheck. Of course all the bio words failed spellchecker.