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Trying to understand the nuances between ox, steer and bullock American English: an adult animal of the cattle family, esp a male that has had its sexual organs removed (here "castrated" is qualified with "especially") Further, Wikipedia describes an ox as: An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal
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
Can Mr, Mrs, etc. be used with a first name? This is very common and proper in the southern United States It is most often used by children speaking to adults they know well such as neighbors, friends' parents, more casual teachers, etc Usually the adult will signal his or her preference on how to be addressed Sometimes an adult (for example some teachers) will introduce themselves as Mr Ms last name instead, which is also fine and
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children Is it normal to refer to adult-age sons and daughters of someone as children? A native speaker of Arabic learning English has said that in Arabic, the word for sons and daughters is "أولاد" (awlaa
Is the word boy racist in the following situation? In it, a lone Eastern Asian adult male of average height asks a very tall white man where the washroom is The white man replies: Over there For boys He's a native English speaker The tone's normal They're strangers to each other They're in North America I wonder if the word “boy” has any racist meaning in it