"D. Staples" wrote:

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Sorry, and your wrong.

Sorry, and you are wrong.
or
Sorry, and you're wrong.

when compelled to argue with the know it all guy-0-mite
it is important not to allow your point to be negated or
reduced in it's effectiveness with improper word utilization.

be precise and make use of accepted standards.

scarification
1: the act or process of scarifying

scarifying
1: to make scratches or small cuts in (as the skin) scarify an area for vaccination
2: to lacerate the feelings of
3: to break up and loosen the surface of (as a field or road)
4: to cut or soften the wall of (a hard seed) to hasten germination


I have been a forester for 40 years. The process is
the same, you said scarification is to remove the husk, wrong, it is to
reduce the thickness of the shell. Moisture and freezing does that in
nature, stratification as well. But in a nursery, you will note the
following phrase, stratification is necessary in the deep south.

I don't need to look it up, junior, I live it.