a lot of the classical grammatical terminology has been abandoned by linguists now. The way it's looked at is different. The functions of words, what they do within a clause or sentence, what their function does to their form, are defined in a much more intuitive and practical way.

YOINK!

gonna swipe what Dana said for a paper...I WAS gonna use that "Conjunction-Juntion, what's your function?" song, but hers is better.

This question is my job description. Try working for an almost 70 year old attorney.......I spend my days playing charades trying to figure out just which file I need to get so he can call "that lady".....

Welcome to the Cellar, Short Bus! Yeah... I don't do this for a living, but it happens a LOT with the HouseMate... "Hey, wanna grab me that thing?" "What thing?" "You know, the thing I need for this weekend." "Honey, WHAT THING??" -description follows, ten minutes later I know what he's talking about...-

What was that song?
 

About 6 to 8 years ago there was a song used in the soundtrack of a movie about the American Civil War. I never caught the title but I wish I could find it.
The song had some pleasant male-voice singing, some good finger-picking guitar, and had lyrics along the lines of:
Coming home to you
coming home to you
Do you want me back?
should I pass on through?
coming home to you

Etc.

I've tried searching for "coming home to you" without luck. I think the band name had the word "white" in it, maybe white stripes, white monkeys, something like that.

Google has failed me.

Help me, Obi-cellar, you're my only hope.

The song is Never Far Away, by Jack White (of the White Stripes), from the soundtrack of the American Civil War film Cold Mountain (2003).

Thank you NoBoxes!

Choose any prize from the top shelf!

Welcome, Shortie.

What's a one-word description for a classroom-like teaching experience where someone you trust will present lectures and answer your questions on a given topic, without implying that that someone is a "true expert"?

Docent?

scam?

Ouch. :thepain:

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His student dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.
- David McCord (1897-1997)
What Cheer, 1945 - American poet, known especially for his poetry for children.

For some reason, I tend to have a brain fart when trying to remember the word "articulate." Ironic, isn't it?

Does it matter if it's the verb or just the adjective?

Fart?