English2  +  516181 Tue, 20 May 08 07:14 PM Hi everyone!  Hello English Gurus, I need help. I'm very, totally confused here...  Is "gamblings" a word? Or a noun? Or anything at all in English language?  Is "populars" a word? Or a noun? Or anything at all in English language? I can't seem to find anything in the dictionaries. Thank you! English2 Joined on Fri, Dec 14 2007 New Member 48 My grammar is horrible. :( Nouns

	Feebs11  +  516188 Tue, 20 May 08 07:28 PM  Popular is an adjective and therefore does not have a plural. Gambling  is a noun and is uncountable.   Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015 Nouns, Plurals

	RayH  +  516190 Tue, 20 May 08 07:28 PM As far as i know neither of these is an English word. RayH Joined on Sat, Mar 22 2008 Contributing Member 1,555 Native speaker of U. S. English. Not a grammar expert.

	Grammar Geek  +  516214 Tue, 20 May 08 09:08 PM I am hardly an expert in Voodoo, and it's POSSIBLE that there are mutliple forms of Voodoo, so that you could perhaps say "The Voodoos practiced in the mainland USA vary in several important ways from the original form of Voodoo that evolved in the Carribean islands." or something like that. HOWEVER, I have never seen Voodoo as anything other than a non-count noun or adjective. She practices Voodoo. Do you believe in Voodoo? She gave me a Voodoo doll for Christmas and it's already stuck with all the pins I could find in my sewing kit.   PS - Has anyone yet said "Welcome to the  English Forums" to you? If not, Welcome to the English Forums! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Nouns

	English2  +  516229 Tue, 20 May 08 09:48 PM Thank you feebs, ray and barbara! My knowledge is growing thanks to all of you here in englishforum! :) By the way, I just donated 3000 grains of rice at freerice.com. It looks like the highest level is 60, huh? Well, I just learned tons of words that I thought never even existed before! -- is my sentence correct? Words like... kamahi, thalweg, alvine, maltha, amaranthine, romaji, anaglyph, disme, etc. Just amazing. English2

	Grammar Geek  +  516236 Tue, 20 May 08 09:59 PM Well, I just learned tons of words that I thought never even existed before! Well, I just learned tons of words that I never even knew existed before. (If you "thought they didn't exist" it means you would have thought about them before and decided they were not words. I expect they were entirely new to you, and you'd never thought about them before.) Words like... kamahi, thalweg, alvine, maltha, amaranthine, romaji, anaglyph, disme, etc. ” Are any of those English words?? Grammar Geek

	Tanit  +  518001 Fri, 23 May 08 05:58 PM English2 “Check the dictionaries!” Done! How do you plan to use them, out of interest? Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,040 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante)