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- Is chaperon versus chaperone a US versus British English thing?
The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) has 277 instances of chaperone and 60 instances of chaperon from 1990 to 2015 (I excluded the spoken sections ) So there are clearly some differences across time and space, but chaperon is actually older or more British or both; it's definitely not a new American simplified spelling
- Word for a person who continually tries to teach you when its not . . .
0 I am thinking to the verb overteach for the excess of explanation and, ironically, to chaperone for mothering someone a "chaperon (e)" is someone, such as a teacher or parent, who goes with children on a trip or to a school dance to make sure that the children behave properly
- formality - What is the correct greeting to use in a formal email . . .
If the email were to be addressed to a specific person, you could write "Dear [Name]" But is it appropriate to write "Dear [Team Department Company]"? For example, "Dear Service Desk," and
- phrase requests - A better word than babysitter for an adult . . .
chaperon (e) Oxford Dictionary A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people Did Trump select an attorney general or chaperone? (not really "respectful", just for the usage ) Maybe this is how President-elect Donald Trump protects himself from going too far — he nominates a chaperone for attorney general!
- Im looking for a slang word or idiom for someone who insists on . . .
@barbecue I suppose it depends on whether you think the third person is a necessary chaperon bringing stability (3rd wheel) or an unwanted, unnecessary intrusion (5th wheel)
- What is the plural form of status? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
There are some situations where status may be considered countable In those cases, the plural form can be used as statuses MacMillan dictionary gives 4 definitions for status, and 3 of them are referred to as countable Personally, I would use status as the plural form instead of statuses
- count - How do you refer to number of siblings? - English Language . . .
Thank you for the response However, how would I refer to the number of siblings and still use the word siblings within the sentence? Or perhaps what would be a better way to word it?
- How to use the term carbon copy in business emails?
How does one use the term "carbon copy" in an email setting? Some options that come to mind are: In carbon copy is my manager I'm leaving my manager in carbon copy My manager is in carbon copy A
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