what does this sentence mean?

In his definition of "apple" he sought for example to differentiate the fruit from the pear or a bomb dropped from an aircraft by specifying that it grows on an apple tree from which it conventionally drops

This is a very poorly-constructed sentence.

The person who wrote it ought to be ashamed of himself.

Forgive me Mac but whose q where

Looks fine to me. It's not simple language, but it's not badly written.

Fellas, please let me in on it: What sentence where; eg,

My immediate reaction, McTag: No it isn't, its short, to the point, and correctly hyphenated to identify the compound modifier


Forgive me guys, couldn't resist