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- nouns - Is the hyphenated form teen-ager correct? Still used . . .
These results hardly prove that teenager passed teen-ager in popularity in the 1950s, but they do indicate a major shift in proportionate use of teenager and teen-ager in the 1950s compared with the 1940s When did reference works start favoring 'teenager' over 'teen-ager'?
- What is the difference between aged and age?
Aged means that the person or people you are referring to is are of the given age It's always referring to someone In this case what follows the verb to be is an adjectival phrase acting as a complement, and since it is talking about the subject, it's specifically called a subjective complement But the important thing is that the main form of [aged 12] is that of an adjectival phrase The
- Do I need a comma? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The man I met was a smelly redheaded middle-ager Do I need a comma here after smelly? It is really hard to post here because of the constant rejection of my question body or tags
- Anxious to versus eager to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A copy editor friend of mine once told me that instead of saying for example "I'm anxious to see the new movie," I should say "I'm eager to see the new movie " This seemed logical to me—after all,
- at the age of vs at age - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which sentence sounds better more natural? She first became aware of it at the age of five or She first became aware of it at age five
- Word for when you scrunch up your face in frustration
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- word choice - Angry with vs. angry at vs. angry on - English . . .
I am a South-Indian and I was recently confused about this usage - "angry on" vs "angry with" vs "angry at" someone I understand that "angry with" someone is the correct usage However I realized that "angry on someone" is a direct translation from Tamil, a South Indian language
- Someone who remains calm during panic or disaster
I'm looking for a word that describes someone that remains calm when others panic, specifically in a calamity or accident Example 1: Someone that is in an auto accident and they remain level-headed
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