
possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher ...
Sep 6, 2019 · I am an adults' English teacher suggests that you teach multiple adults. On the other hand, these sentences are both awkward. Possessives tend to work less well when long …
Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]
Mar 5, 2014 · Is there a specific word for adult offspring? If all of your "children" are now in their adulthood, is there a specific word to refer to them?
Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too?
As per this link, the word 'kidnap' originated to denote nabbing away of a child. When and how did kidnap come to denote nabbing of adults? Update: Just found a link to a 1650 book that mentions
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children
Dec 21, 2012 · It is normal and common to refer to adults as "children" when expressing the relationship. Saying that so-and-so are the "children of" someone is another way of saying the …
What is the origin and history of the word "motherf---er"?
Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — …
Can "Mr", "Mrs", etc. be used with a first name?
Jan 7, 2012 · This is very common and proper in the southern United States. It is most often used by children speaking to adults they know well such as neighbors, friends' parents, more casual …
expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be …
What's the other terms if adults get kidnap?
Was "man" a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point?
Jan 14, 2020 · I've seen some times the claim that in the past "man" was a non-gendered word, with "wifman" referring to female individuals and "wereman" referring to male individuals. I've …
meaning - Does "adults aged X–Y" include people born between Y …
Oct 28, 2020 · Sometimes people use age ranges to define groups of people, like "young adults are defined as people aged 18—30". To me that sounds ambiguous: imagine for example, that …
personal pronouns - "Us Americans" or "We Americans"? - English ...
Apr 16, 2017 · I agree with the rule of thumb described elsewhere which recommends using "we Americans" or "us Americans" depending on whether the context calls for the subject or object …