- 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
- Word that describes some entertainment as being aimed at adults without . . .
It's also fairly common to see "Shows for kids", "Shows for teenagers" etc, and "Shows for adults" doesn't imply shows of an adult-orientated nature Shows like 'The Simpsons' are clearly shows for adults If you're looking for an adjective to insert before "shows", "mature shows" could also work Shows like 'The Simpsons' are clearly mature shows
- Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too?
Kidnap appears to be a back-formation from kidnapper () This chart shows the relative use of “man was kidnapped”, “woman was kidnapped”, and “child was kidnapped”; there is a mysterious spike around 1850–1870 that may explain the subsequent increase in popularity of applying kidnap to adults, but I’m loath to draw any conclusions
- meaning - Does adults aged X–Y include people born between Y and Y+1 . . .
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 Alice is born on January 2, 1990, and today is May 1, 2020
- expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What about prime adult or early adult?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
- 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
- Whats a good word to describe adults who are not yet parents?
As a parent, I have often thought that adults who don't have children must be the LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, because they never have to think of anyone's happiness but their own And they aren't in for 100K$ per child for college expenses –
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