Words with the letters 'ed' at the end are usually regular past tense verbs like 'started' or adjectives like ‘confused’. The pronunciation of 'ed' can change depending on which sound comes before it ...

In fact, any letter representing a vowel sound can be pronounced as schwa. For example, the first vowel in the word 'connect' is a schwa sound but it's written with the letter 'o', and the second ...

This Review discusses inter-kingdom hormonal signalling between bacteria and mammals, and between bacteria and plants. Several bacterial signalling compounds alter mammalian and plant gene expression, ...

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