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- pronunciation - Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English Language . . .
Sean (written "Seán" or "Séan" in Irish) is a Hibernization of the English name "John"; that is, it's a transliteration of "John" into a form which can be pronounced in Irish and written with the Irish alphabet (which nowadays is simply a version of the Roman alphabet)
- Why do we pronounce Dean as diːn but Sean as ʃɒn ?
18 Sean is an Irish name, and so follows a completely different set of rules Siobhan is another Irish name with a very non-English pronunciation
- Invite vs. invitation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Invite has been in use as a colloquial form of invitation since at least the mid-seventeenth century There’s nothing wrong with it in the right place, but in formal contexts such as a printed card invitation would be the word to use
- When should Mom and Dad be capitalized? - English Language Usage . . .
When you are using the word "Dad" to refer to a specific person, it's standing in place of their name, and thus, like their name, would 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
- Difference between sleeping with Sean Parker and sleeping on Sean . . .
1 Sleep on is a play of words here You didn't know Sean Parker when you saw him -- you must have been sleeping all this while (you were unaware of developments related to Sean Parker)
- Is the correct format Good morning, John or Good morning John?
Which of these is in the correct format? Good morning, John Or Good morning John
- and me or me and. . . - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: “Me and my wife” or “my wife and me” I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns eg "They went to the game with S
- present perfect - have been working vs. have worked - English . . .
What is the difference between the following two sentences? I have been working here for 20 years I have worked here for 20 years The present perfect tense is used for repetitive or con
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