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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 ?
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
- and me or me and. . . - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: ldquo;Me and my wife rdquo; or ldquo;my wife and me rdquo; 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
- 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)
- You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information
The use of "myself" and similar reflexives for emphasis is normal English usage of the word This particular speaker wanted to place emphasis on the fact that they personally were one of the people you could contact for information Some dictionaries even list this definition first: (used as an intensive of me or I): I myself will challenge the winner - dictionary reference com It is commonly
- Comma positioning between title and name and conjunction
Which is the proper way to write this sentence: Rmt, LLC will be managed by Sally Red, CEO and Sean Brown, COO OR Rmt, LLC will be managed by Sally Red CEO, and Sean Brown COO (Comma between
- grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Or, Sean is a cowardly psychopath Or, Sean is, at the same time, a coward and a psychopath Or, Sean is characterized by cowardice and psychopathology [in the sense of abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity Or, Sean is an odd mixture of cowardice and psychopathology Or, I would characterize Sean as a cowardly psychopath
- Object pronoun: me and John, or John and me? [closed]
It is formally correct to say 'with John and me' or 'with me and John', but the first one is the preferred style in print or in school (as Peter and John said) 'with me and John' sounds informal because of this style choice Also 'with John and I' is formally incorrect (prepositions in English take the accusative case), but there is a tendency nowadays for people to say it because, by
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