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  1. possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher ...

    Sep 6, 2019 · 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 …

  2. Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]

    Mar 5, 2014 · 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?

  3. expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be …

    What's the other terms if adults get kidnap?

  4. Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children

    Dec 21, 2012 · As AndrewGrimm notes, "children" has two very distinct meanings: It can refer to people who are not yet adults, or it can refer to people who are the offspring of a specified …

  5. What is the term for young adult male/female (aged 18 to 25)?

    Finally, and probably best in your case, you can use youngster (s). Once more, though, this is a term that is used by older people towards younger ones. It is more used for teenagers and …

  6. meaning - Does "adults aged X–Y" include people born between Y …

    Oct 28, 2020 · Sometimes people use age ranges to define groups of people, like "young adults are defined as people aged 18—30". To me that sounds ambiguous: imagine for example, that …

  7. Terms to describe age groups - English Language & Usage Stack …

    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...

  8. What is the origin and history of the word "motherf---er"?

    Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — …

  9. 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

  10. What's a good word to describe adults who are not yet parents?

    10 "Adults". The word "adult" does not imply that one is a parent, so there is no need for a word that describes a childless adult.