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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" –
- abbreviations - What do CI, CIM, CID, CIB mean? - English Language . . .
I was talking to a friend about a girl, and he mentioned that “She can pretty much CI anything, CIB, CIM or CID ” I’m wondering what these mean The context was sexual experience Sorry if I missed
- 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
- expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered . . .
What's the other terms if adults get kidnap? "Kidnapping" is the name of the crime so you will look to the applicable penal code:
- 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
- Is there a word to describe mature or adult plants?
Adult and mature aren't commonly used for plants EDIT upon comment: I did a bit of research after FumbleFingers' comment and I found that you can use mature for trees I'd still use full-grown, but it isn't the only option you have
- 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
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