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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
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
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
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
expressions - Words to describe a young adult or teen who behaves . . . Thus, "troublemaker" is the one who gets into trouble but they may or may not be a child "Mischief-maker" may be more associated with kids because of the meaning of the word "mischief", but again, it depends on what you mean by mischief and what trouble they've got into And, finally, a problem child may be a kid as well as an adult