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Trying to understand the nuances between ox, steer and bullock An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals more docile [citation needed] Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas Wikipedia article on ox
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children "adult children" is sometimes used in contexts where age is important, such as a form requiring someone to list all children under 18 and all adult children living with them And someone might use it to emphasise that their children have left home or aren't dependent on them But you wouldn't introduce someone as "my adult child ren" –
Specific word for grown-up children? [duplicate] There is a group the ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) whose website is adultchildren org So, this is definitely a common usage – David M Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:57
What is the difference between man and human? Sense of "adult male" is late (c 1000); Old English used wer and wif to distinguish the sexes, but wer began to disappear late 13c and was replaced by man Universal sense of the word remains in mankind and manslaughter
possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher . . . Use a noun adjunct "I am an adult English teacher " It still has ambiguity, namely whether you are an adult who teaches English or whether you teach English to adults, but my top Google search results turn up job ads for the latter That collocation avoids the possessive entirely Verb the noun
If you are talking on behalf of you and someone else, what is the . . . I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf of" and "on behalf of"—but not one addresses the question of how to handle "on behalf of" when used by a speaker to refer to another person and to him- or herself
single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 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 The young adult stage in human development precedes middle adulthood
What does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental? I'm looking at apartment ads in Singapore, but I don't understand what pax means Here's an example: View 8pm today @ Hdb Approved HDB 1+1 Blk 3 Jalan Kukoh (Chin Swee Rd): 15 min walk Chinatown
What is the difference between “rooster” vs. “cock” and “hen” vs . . . When I was small and started to study English, I had pictures labelled cock, hen and chicken Now when I search the net for pictures for showing to my children, I see the same pictures, but this time they are labelled rooster, chicken and chick