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Many fast food places are now selling "unsweet" ice tea. The term grates on my ears. I know the correct term is "unsweeten", but I don't know why. Could someone please explain the grammar behind adjectives that end in "en" and similar words that don't. Ex: sweet/sweeten, bright/brighten, dark/darken.

Thank you!!!

I am so very sorry for butchering the name, but it was something like "shuklebe".

When I was in Jordan 4 years ago it was a really big hit. The video had a Muslim teacher and her students singing and playing together. The words were something like Shuck, shuck, shuckle be, Luck, luck, lucklebe,...."

Back in the 70's I had a pair of platform sandals that I loved. They differed from the platform sandals of today though because the whole foot was elevated instead of just the heel.This made them much easier for me to wear since I didn't feel like I was tiptoeing all the time.

Does anyone know where I could get pair like this today?

I know that you capitalize the days of the week when they refer to specific days as in, "Today is Friday." or " Last Thursday was my birthday.", but do we capitalize the days of the week when we are talking about a series of days? For example,is it," On Tuesdays my friends and I go to the gym." or is it, "On tuesdays my friends and I go to the gym."?

My fiance is at Rice University finishing up his Ph.D. and I am going to visit him for the summer. I am looking for different activities to do while he is working and was wondering about kayaking. I saw in a catalog that you can kayak the sloughs; there are even courses in learning to do this. I love kayaking in the ocean and sloughs here in my state and would like to do it this summer in TX, but I was wondering if there were leeches in the waters of the sloughs?

Also what are some other fun and exciting activities to do in or near the Houston area?

I really would like my Facebook contacts to be able to access my YA answers when they are interested.

It begins with an "s", it's something like "segway".

Usually you choose songs in which one has a similar ending to the other's beginning.Then you slowly fade the first into the second.

in the word "bread". I was wondering if anybody knows of a rule that I could teach my 2nd and 3rd graders to help them learn when to use each sound?

Additionally, does anyone know why this happens?

Also does anyone know of a site with a list of the "short e" ea words?

In English, proper nouns are capitalized. The names of the days of the week and the months of the year all are capitalized, but not the names of the seasons, why?

Also, does anyone know the origin of the silent "N" in autumn?

In English, proper nouns are capitalized. The names of the days of the week and the months of the year all are capitalized, but not the names of the seasons, why?

Also, does anyone know the origin of the silent "N" in autumn?

Whenever I fly in a plane and I'm supposed to get my period in a day or two, it doesn't come. Maybe I'll spot, but It never comes full force that month. Does this happen to anyone else? If so, do you know the physiological reason for it?

I just took a "Teaching Writing to Elementary Students" class and was told, to my great surprise, that at times it is acceptable to start a sentence with the word "and". I asked under which circumstances this was considered proper grammar, since it certainly was not when I was going to school, and was informed that there wasn't any time to go over that at that moment. After class the teacher immediately left, so I am still wondering. Does anybody know? How about other conjunctions? Is there a grammatical situation, that anybody knows about, where it is grammatically correct to start a sentence with a conjunction?

As I have stated here before, I do not have a problem with homeschooling if a parent is educated and organized themselves. This has gotten me thumbs down from many of you. Ok, to each his own. Now I would like you to help me understand something.

I have a child who is struggling in school. He is rarely attends, and when he does he is dirty and poorly dressed. (No underwear, pants too large, broken zipper..) He never finishes his work (I give him work at his level, not above it.)

His father is little help, his letters go like this, "mi sun hrted his ne he ant gona be in scool tooda." and he tells me that he, "Can't get the child to do no work." The mother is not in his life, there isn't any other family.

Friday I was told that the child would be homeschooled next year! When I asked if the father was really prepared for this task, the local home school group started complaining. How can people who say they care about education actually condone this educational setting?

As I have stated here before, I do not have a problem with homeschooling if a parent is educated and organized themselves. This has gotten me thumbs down from many of you. Ok, to each his own. Now I would like you to help me understand something.

I have a child who is struggling in school. He is rarely attends, and when he does he is dirty and poorly dressed. (No underwear, pants too large, broken zipper..) He never finishes his work (I am give him work at his level, not above it.)

His father is little help, his letters go like this, "mi sun hrted his ne he ant gona be in scool tooda." and he tells me that he, "Can't get the child to do no work." The mother is not in his life, there isn't any other family.

Friday I was told that the child would be homeschooled next year! When I asked if the father was really prepared for this task, the local home school group started complaining. How can people who say they care about education actually condone this educational setting?