nouns - Is the hyphenated form teen-ager correct? Still used . . . These results hardly prove that teenager passed teen-ager in popularity in the 1950s, but they do indicate a major shift in proportionate use of teenager and teen-ager in the 1950s compared with the 1940s When did reference works start favoring 'teenager' over 'teen-ager'?
british english - Is used in anger a Britishism for something . . . @MT_Head -- @kiamlaluno's examples were stocks, manacles, handcuffs, a giant magnifying glass, nuclear weapons, and a Stealth bomber, all of them exactly the kind of anger-related items I was used to (except the magnifying glass, but that's in a list of police equipment) Your tool collection would be a great example of what I'm looking for; I'd love to find something like that in print
Is there an emotion that encapsulates a mixture of disbelief, anger . . . @Jay Dictionary definitions only take you so far People feel outrage when their country or village is attacked, say; it can begin as disbelief that this is actually happening to them, and that disbelief can become indignation, which can turn into anger and then rage, culminating in a seething hatred for the attackers
What is the difference between aged and age? Per the Macmillan dictionary, aged is an adjective: aged, adj : someone who is aged 18, 35, 70, etc is 18, 35, 70, etc years old A woman aged 50 has given birth to twins Men aged between 18 and 35 are most at risk from violent crime In the second case, a group of students that are of college age are college age (not college aged) students Note the preponderance of college age over
Which is correct, from a young age or from young age? Consider this example: People tend to understand and use sarcasm from a young age People tend to understand and use sarcasm from young age Which one of these is grammatically correct an
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
Anxious to versus eager to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange ADDED: Nohat's response below answers my question: The non-anxious sense of "anxious to" is common enough to have made it into at least some dictionaries I note that the New Oxford American Dictionary (bundled with Mac OS X) doesn't include this sense of "anxious to" In fact they have a usage note that reads Anxious and eager both mean 'looking forward to something,' but they have different
What is the origin of the half your age, plus seven phrase? To me, the question reads as a "What is the origin of this quotation proverb saying?" query Such questions—for example, Origin first known use of the phrase 'I've got some good news and some bad news' —generally encounter little opposition on grounds that they aren't on topic at EL U, and I don't see why this one should be viewed as fundamentally different from them
single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I think the most suitable single-word is tech-savvy It is an informal word and it is defined as an adjective in dictionaries, but I see the noun usage also (for example, the plural tech-savvies is not uncommon ) Well informed about or proficient in the use of modern technology, especially computers [OD] Note: OED gives techno-savvy also Additionally, you can define the skill as tech
word choice - Angry with vs. angry at vs. angry on - English . . . I am a South-Indian and I was recently confused about this usage - "angry on" vs "angry with" vs "angry at" someone I understand that "angry with" someone is the correct usage However I realized that "angry on someone" is a direct translation from Tamil, a South Indian language