A gush of water, being doubled over in pain, the head of your baby crowning. These are things many women picture when they think of labor. However, for most laboring women, these things take time and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Certain Old English verbs may undergo contraction when negated, and it has been proposed that in verse the use of contracted rather than ...

If you’re a first-time mom, you might be nearing your delivery day with some anxiety. It’s normal to wonder when labor might start and how it will feel. Though there are many signs that you’re in ...

A new study reveals that in a number of varieties of English spoken in Scotland, the rules of contraction (it's for it is) seem to differ unexpectedly, and asserts that such differences may shed new ...