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- 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
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What about prime adult or early adult?From the Wikipedia entry for 'young adult': A young prime adult, according to Erik Erikson's stages of human development, is generally a person between the age of 20 - 40, whereas an adolescent is a person between the age of 13 - 19,1[2] although definitions and opinions vary
- expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too?
Kidnap appears to be a back-formation from kidnapper () This chart shows the relative use of “man was kidnapped”, “woman was kidnapped”, and “child was kidnapped”; there is a mysterious spike around 1850–1870 that may explain the subsequent increase in popularity of applying kidnap to adults, but I’m loath to draw any conclusions
- 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
- Word that describes some entertainment as being aimed at adults without . . .
It's also fairly common to see "Shows for kids", "Shows for teenagers" etc, and "Shows for adults" doesn't imply shows of an adult-orientated nature Shows like 'The Simpsons' are clearly shows for adults If you're looking for an adjective to insert before "shows", "mature shows" could also work Shows like 'The Simpsons' are clearly mature shows
- Whats a good word to describe adults who are not yet parents?
As a parent, I have often thought that adults who don't have children must be the LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, because they never have to think of anyone's happiness but their own And they aren't in for 100K$ per child for college expenses –
- 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
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