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Bookmark or Share- When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized?When you are using the word "Dad" to refer to a specific person, it's standing in place of their name, and thus, like their name, would be capitalized.
- Origin of "tan someone's hide" as in "I'm gonna tan your hide"While it may seem obvious now that the phrase 'tan your hide' "takes its origins from the way that leather is processed", the historical evidence suggests that, insofar as the phrase does take its origins from that process, that is the least significant contribution to the original meaning.
- Filling out forms that ask for “relationship with”When I fill any form for my son this question “relationship with child” confuses me. Should the answer be “son” or “father”? To me, the ideal answer is always “a father–son relationship”. A little
- What do the parents of married children call each other? As in, the ...There's a specific term for the relationship between people whose children marry each other: co-parents-in-law.
- When would "mom/dad" require capital letter in writing?I understand the capitalization rule for nouns, proper nouns require a capital letter. Also, I should begin a new sentence with a capital letter. When & why "mom/dad" requires a capital letter...
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