Re: Dark matter is the core of stars (minus hydrogen cover)

On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 5:20:08 +0000, Hibou wrote:

Le 24/06/2025 à 11:43, Bertitaylor a écrit :

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:26:20 +0000, Hibou wrote:

Le 24/06/2025 à 09:41, Bertitaylor a écrit :

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This newsgroup is about the usage of English, not French.

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aue is, though we often digress.
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I point out that you started this thread in aue with a post entitled
'Dark matter is the core of stars (minus hydrogen cover)'. What has that
to do with English usage?

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It clarifies what the supposed dark matter is, proudly and originally in
the English language. [...]

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Ah! You posted here for a crit of your usage. Why didn't you say so /en
toutes lettres/?

Please, the English ruled India and not the French so non comprende if
that makes sense.

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Dark matter is the core of stars (minus hydrogen cover).
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That way, they are like a very large Moon, with no atmosphere.

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Dark matter is the core of stars (beneath the hydrogen cover), so they
are like very large Moons with no atmosphere.
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Something like that (for the usage; I make no comment on the sense).

The sense should be perfectly clear even to the French. Imagine a star
sized Moon. A huge rock. That is dark matter. Such is the sense. Whether
one accepts it or not is another story.

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All stars that have magnetic fields have dark matter as their core.

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OK for usage. (The sense doesn't quite square with that of your first
sentence.)

Don't see why not.

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Over time, they lose their hydrogen and helium cover, which become
nebulas.

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Over time, they lose their hydrogen and helium cover, which forms
nebulas.
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Over time, they lose their hydrogen and helium, which form nebulas.

A collective noun is singular. You are ignoring the term used, cover.
Why this dishonesty of twisting our words? The term cover shows our
model of a star as a huge rock covered with H and He just as Earth is
with N and O.
Get that clear at least.
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Bertietaylor

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Once the dark core (like our Earth without any air, or a large Moon)
enters the nebula it once again attracts the hydrogen there, becoming
bright once again.

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.... it attracts the hydrogen there, and becomes bright again.
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(Sense: you imply that the Earth and Moon are also made of dark matter.)
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These happen in trillion year cycles, endlessly.

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This happens....
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Buzzzzz! Challenge for repetition!

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