- possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher . . .
Distinguish your audience in a prepositional phrase "I am an English teacher for adult learners" or "I am an English teacher for adults " If it is important you say teacher, this breaks up the information in a way that makes adults more proximal to teacher than English, and uses for to disambiguate the purpose
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- What is the term for young adult male female (aged 18 to 25)?
An older person can refer to young adults as kids but it usually means children Finally, and probably best in your case, you can use youngster(s) Once more, though, this is a term that is used by older people towards younger ones
- Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children
A native speaker of Arabic learning English has said that in Arabic, the word for sons and daughters is "أولاد" (awlaad) (Wiktionary link), and that it applies no matter how old they are, and that the word for people who are not adults is "أطفال" (atfaal) (Arabic language Wiktionary link) The person wanted to know whether you can
- abbreviations - What do CI, CIM, CID, CIB mean? - English Language . . .
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- Is there a synonym analogue to he said, she said that allows a . . .
Both of these situations are different on at least one point of a "he said, she said" situation in that all (adults) involved appreciate the other side at least somewhat, and that the two accounts can be connected in a coherent understanding
- What is the word for an adult who is not mature?
For as long as anyone tries to hold on to the advantages of childhood — the freedom from responsibility, principally — while seeking to lay claim to the best parts of adulthood, such as independence, he is an adolescent [ ] Eventually most people choose to be adults, or are forced into it
- Is the connotation of naughty always sexual?
Does the word "naughty" always have a sexual connotation if it is used between adults? The answer is "no" – the word need not always have a sexual connotation That said, the word is often used to indicate some kind of misbehavior: disobedience in children; suggestive flirting or morally questionable behavior between adults
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