Inverted sugar syrup by gently heating. Inverted sugar syrup Invert(ed) sugar (syrup) is an edible mixture of two simple sugars—glucose and fructose—that is made by heating sucrose (table sugar) with water. Invert sugar is thought to be sweeter than table sugar, and foods that contain it retain moisture and crystallize less easily. Bakers, who call it "invert syrup", may use it more than other sweeteners. Though invert sugar syrup can be made by heating table sugar in water alone, the reaction can be sped up by adding lemon juice, cream of tartar or other catalysts often without changing the flavor noticeably. The mixture
Proper adjective Proper adjective In English orthography, the term proper adjective is sometimes applied to adjectives that take initial capital letters, and the term common adjective to those that do not. For example, a person from Boston is Bostonian. "Bostonian" is a proper adjective. These terms are used informally only; they are not used by grammarians or linguists. The term "proper noun" denotes a noun that, grammatically speaking, identifies a specific unique entity; for example, "England" is a proper noun, because it is a name for a specific country, whereas "dog" is not a proper noun; it is, rather, a "common noun"