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- possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher . . .
I am an adults' English teacher suggests that you teach multiple adults On the other hand, these sentences are both awkward Possessives tend to work less well when long phrases are involved In this case, it can become less clear what the possessive is determining: is the subject you teach "adult ('s s') English" or "English"?
- Can Mr, Mrs, etc. be used with a first name?
The best example is a children's Sunday School class: I know a "Mr Joe" who goes by that name because he's been teaching SS forever, so there is a whole generation of people who call him that, even as adults, since they can't drop the habit
- Terms to describe age groups - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I have three age groups that I want to distinguish in my research project They are as follows: 18-45 years - I have called this group young adults 46-65 years - I have called this group adults 66
- Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too?
As per this link, the word 'kidnap' originated to denote nabbing away of a child When and how did kidnap come to denote nabbing of adults? Update: Just found a link to a 1650 book that mentions
- Is there a word like extracurricular but for work instead of school . . .
Leisure activities? Amateur interests? I suspect the very reason for saying "extracurricular" is to give a veneer of academic legitimacy to what are essentially hobbies, intellectual passions, or forms of civic participation If they are genuinely interests in adjacent professions or fields, you could coin the phrase "interprofessional interests", but the extra precision in meaning is
- Specific word for grown-up children? [duplicate]
Is there a specific word for adult offspring? If all of your "children" are now in their adulthood, is there a specific word to refer to them?
- expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered . . .
What's the other terms if adults get kidnap?
- Is there a synonym analogue to he said, she said that allows a . . .
It's impressive if you can be polite and agreeable when you are stressed to the hilt—and she was ) Both of these situations are different on at least one point of a "he said, she said" situation in that all (adults) involved appreciate the other side at least somewhat, and that the two accounts can be connected in a coherent understanding
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