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Perhaps the word you are looking for is "clabber" Merriam Webster's Dictionary Main Entry: clab·ber Pronunciation: 'kla-b&r Function: noun Etymology: short for bonnyclabber Date: 1634 chiefly dialect : sour milk that has thickened or curdled Excerpt CLABBER Clabber is unpasteurized milk...

1. Plural nouns not ending in 's' take both the apostrophe and the 's': "The children's toys." "The men's cars." 2. Nouns that take -s for the plural add only the apostrophe to indicate possession (this is called 'zero genitive'): "The boys' toys." "The dogs' tails." 3. The 'zero form' is also...

I like avatars... however yeah, there shoudl be an option to have them not displayed, some people don't like them, some people can't have them (they post on the forum at work). I like them personally, i think they add colour and a personal touch to everyone's posts... Moderated sizes are a...

The stress is always in the whole phoneme (sometimes more than one). You could use a dictionary to check the pronunciation and stress. hospital=hos allow=ow prediction=di controversial=ver prefer=fer preference=pre photograph=pho photographic =gra photographer = to record (noun)= re record...

I agree with Mike. Your two suggestions works, for me at least. So Nawal should really give it a try. One day many years ago, I realized this from my observation: a Chinese friend of mine could speak so well because he had used English since his birth. He was exposed to only one language most...

Hi, this informative essay took me about 1 hour to research and write. It’s far from perfect but at least it is a draft that I’m proud of. I’ll refine it when I can. Although I’m happy with the basic structure, I need to correct split infinitives and try to make the syntax better. I’d be grateful...

Here is what the dictionary has to say: Main Entry: gram·mar Pronunciation: 'gra-m&r Function: noun Etymology: Middle English gramere, from Middle French gramaire, modification of Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikE, from feminine of grammatikos of letters, from grammat-, gramma -- more at...

Well, the first noun thing is true sometimes... for participial phrases, for example. But not with "which."

"Which" refers to the last noun mentioned, that means in your sentence: "Wrought is not pronounced like rot, which has a shorter vowel." which refers to "rot" because that is the last one mentioned in the sentence before. In "Rot is not pronounced like wrought, which has a longer vowel.",...

My question was.....when the word 'which' is used, does it refer to the first noun (wrought) or the second noun (rot). I was told that the word 'which' often refers to the first noun (wrought) but in this sentence, it is referring to the second noun (rot). How do I apply the grammar principals...