pronunciation - Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English …
Dec 27, 2014 · Sean (written "Seán" or "Séan" in Irish) is a Hibernization of the English name "John"; that is, it's a transliteration of "John" into a form which can be pronounced in Irish and …
Why do we pronounce Dean as /diːn/ but Sean as /ʃɒn/?
18 Sean is an Irish name, and so follows a completely different set of rules. Siobhan is another Irish name with a very non-English pronunciation.
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...And Sean Palmer advises: [Another] problem [with apostrophe usage] is where company names are formed with an apostrophe-s. For example, Lloyd's. Therefore, the possessive of Lloyd's …
"A classmate and I was" vs "A classmate and I were"
The verb were agrees with the plural subject, "A classmate and I". The singular "student" should be plural "students" in both examples. You might say "I was one of the first two x students to …
What does "life's a beach" mean? - English Language & Usage …
Somewhere on Yahoo News I read this text: Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn turned heads when they showed up together at Reese Witherspoon's wedding. The 26-year-old actress took …
Difference between "sleeping with Sean Parker" and "sleeping on …
1 Sleep on is a play of words here. You didn't know Sean Parker when you saw him -- you must have been sleeping all this while (you were unaware of developments related to Sean Parker).
What does "wipe your chin and walk away" mean?
Sean Parker: "And they want you to say 'thank you' while you, excuse me, wipe your chin and walk away." I never was quite able to figure this one out , so what exactly does wipe your chin …
Is "Just because X doesn't mean Y" a grammatical sentence?
I'd call it grammatically correct. "Just because X" is the subject of the sentence. If you want to make it slightly less informal, I'd probably replace "Just because" with "The fact that" or …
Object pronoun: me and John, or John and me? [closed]
May 4, 2015 · It is formally correct to say 'with John and me' or 'with me and John', but the first one is the preferred style in print or in school (as Peter and John said). 'with me and John' …
and me" or "me and..." - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: “Me and my wife” or “my wife and me” I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns. eg. "They went to the game …