
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.
When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized? - English …
You may need something like "our Sean" as there is more than one person in the world called "Sean", but there is only (normally) one person that anyone calls "Dad".
What is the proper way to say possesive with "person X" and self?
Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" …
You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information
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punctuation - Is the correct format "Good morning, John" or …
Apr 22, 2016 · Which of these is in the correct format? Good morning, John. Or Good morning John.
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' …
Difference between "sleeping with Sean Parker" and "sleeping on …
The latter is almost certainly the intended sense here— Amy says she slept with Sean as a euphemism for sex, but to Sean the sex was forgettable; her actually sleeping on top of him is …
Is it acceptable to drop the comma in "Thanks, John"?
Commenting 12 years later… From the perspective of descriptive linguistics, I would say that "Thanks John" is used by native speakers, moreso "Thanks John!" When you use it, don't use …
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 …