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single word requests - 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
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
Adult children? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "Adult children" comes from "adult children of alcoholics", but now has broader reference to adults who were abused emotionally, physically or sexually in childhood
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"?
What is the word for an adult who is not mature? What term can be used for an adult, especially a man, who is in his forties and still behaves like a teenager, shunning responsibilities typical of mature people, preferring to enjoy himself?
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children It is normal and common to refer to adults as "children" when expressing the relationship Saying that so-and-so are the "children of" someone is another way of saying the "sons and or daughters of"