Is grownup, grown up, or grown-up the correct usage (as a noun)?
Grown-up is the proper noun and adjective form. Grown up is the past participle of to grow up. Grownup is a frequently used form, but more dictionaries prefer grown-up. In fact, if you …
Is “un-grown-up” a common, or not so common word?
The meaning of “un-grown-up” is obvious, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word before. I consulted online CED, OED, Merriam-Webster, and Collins Cobuild English Dictionary at …
Are there sentimental connotations to the phrase "all grown up"?
2024年3月26日 · "Grown up" means "adult". But the phrase "grown up" is usually used when you're talking to, or talking about, kids. For example, one of the most common questions to …
Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]
2014年3月5日 · I use kids when speaking to adults about my grown children, because it has less the connotation of youth (I think), but I have run into that problem myself. I sometimes feel the …
What is the word for an adult who is not mature?
2014年5月11日 · As a social condition, adolescence persists until the individual lays aside the carefree world of the child. Only then can they take up the mantle of an actual adult with all its …
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children
2012年12月21日 · To sum up what is written above (with which I agree): 'Children' can be used for adult children but the use of the word in their presence is better avoided (a grey area?). …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2022年2月13日 · Having been born, grown up/raised and still living in the England, this is my take: from : a general term used as shorthand for the place you feel you come from, at any time in …
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2017年4月18日 · The noun grown up is perfectly common in American English. It's just part of the register used to speak to children, like go potty and get a boo boo. You could say she's all …
What word would be used to describe someone who has grown …
Without a specific reference to having grown up with something, you can be (or become) accustomed to [technology]. If [technology] pervaded your childhood to the extent that it is …
"I did not grew / grow up" - which one is the correct tense?
2020年10月31日 · There are actually quite a few threads on the question of grew or grow up, but none with the verb did and the state "being poor" instead of a location, so I allow myself to ask …