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- When should Mom and Dad be capitalized?
When you're talking about dads in general, it's a common noun Say you had a horse named Betsy and were re-writing the sentence to refer to her: The one thing I learned from my horse was that it was good to earn the trust of one's children Betsy has shown me how good that a horse can be
- grammatical number - Dads corner or dads corner - English . . .
Dads' corner - a corner for many fathers A useful comparison is Father's Day (or Mother's Day) It's a day to appreciate many fathers, but is written this way as it's a usually day to appreciate one father at a time This is a generic plural Another example is Dad's Army, the name of a sitcom about the Home Guard during the Second World War
- What is the relationship name of my wifes brother to me?
He is your brother-in-law There has already been a similar question posted here to which the answer was "sister-in-law", so I'll finish the list here: Your spouse's brother or your sister's husband is your brother-in-law Your spouse's sister or your brother's wife is your sister-in-law Your spouse's father is your father-in-law Your spouse's mother is your mother-in-law Your daughter's
- Mom and Dad vs Dad and Mom [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
I'm curious if the order implies anything here I'm pretty sure "Mom and Dad" is standard in English The issue was hard for me to google, so I'm asking it here: Is using "Dad" before "Mom" incorr
- Soccer mom: why soccer? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It's one of the first sports that American dads would teach their sons, a sport where father and son (s) could bond As a result, moms and daughters could feel excluded, and if a son (for whatever reason) disliked or was terrible at football he could always turn to baseball or basketball
- Make or Makes for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is correct: People with closed minds make terrible leaders? OR People with closed minds makes for terrible leaders?
- toponyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Planning a trip to Huddersfield the other day, I happened across the nearby villages of Linthwaite (pronounced lin-fit) and Slaithwaite (pronounced slow-it, or slaw-it depending who you ask) Think
- What does going blue mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This is in reference to a 'blue movie', a euphemistic term for a pornographic film It has since been toned down somewhat and phrases like a bit of blue can be used to say that something is 'adult' in nature Often this includes dealing with sexual material but doesn't necessarily mean visually pornographic; a comedian who tells jokes with a sexual theme could be called 'a bit blue' going a
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