1)What is the adj that best describes sb who are willing to forget their origin?

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1)What is the adj that best describes sb who live in another country but forgot their originality (either they are naturally or willing to)
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During the war the basic food stuffs were in short supply, leaving residents to make do with what they could find

How can stuff come with an s here?

Avangi · Accepted Answer

1. "forgetful"

2. "food stuffs" is a fixed expression. It's thought of as countable, and plural as to varieties, not individual units, if I understand correctly.

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Edit. MW Unabridged lists "foodstuff" as one word. They seem to "agree" with me that plural indicates multiple varieties of foodstuffs, rather than multiple portions of the same foodstuff.

I think of "a foodstuff" as, eg. flour, which of itself is uncountable. "Flour and sugar" would be foodstuffs. Two barrels of flour would be "foodstuff." Two barrels of flour and two barrels of sugar would be "foodstuffs."

I think you could say, "the truck delivered five tons of foodstuffs to the encampment." In this sense, "foodstuffs" would be uncountable. I grant you, it's very confusing.

Perhaps someone else can make this more clear. It's not actually one of my words.

1)What is the adj that best describes sb who are willing to forget their origin?

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