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Pheather Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
"Lady"
Hello everyone!
I need your help in a questionnaire i have- i am really looking forward to getting British native speakers' answers connected with a concept "lady". Could you help me? I guess it won't take long, there are just 3 questions:
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1. Many people associate the word “apple” with such words as “fruit”, “pear”, “Adam”, “Eve” etc., the word “bird” – with “sparrow”, “to fly”, “wing”, etc. What words do you associate the word “lady” with?
2. How would you define the word lady?
3. Imagine a situation and fill in the gaps with appropriate words. Somebody said about some woman “She’s a lady”. It happened, most probably, in__________ or______________century. The woman lives in_________________or_________________(country). She is from__________society and has got___________ education (good, bad etc).
Thank you in advance
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I need your help in a questionnaire i have- i am really looking forward to getting British native speakers' answers connected with a concept "lady". Could you help me? I guess it won't take long, there are just 3 questions:
Age___
1. Many people associate the word “apple” with such words as “fruit”, “pear”, “Adam”, “Eve” etc., the word “bird” – with “sparrow”, “to fly”, “wing”, etc. What words do you associate the word “lady” with?
2. How would you define the word lady?
3. Imagine a situation and fill in the gaps with appropriate words. Somebody said about some woman “She’s a lady”. It happened, most probably, in__________ or______________century. The woman lives in_________________or_________________(country). She is from__________society and has got___________ education (good, bad etc).
Thank you in advance
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Hi That's interesting. In formal ways, I would still use the word lady in the same way that I would use gentleman - I mean the gentleman that we met at the meeting yesterday - We should ask the lady from head office But nowadays I would only do that formally, at work. The word is quite old-fashioned ...
- Hi That's interesting.
- In formal ways, I would still use the word lady in the same way that I would use gentleman - I mean the gentleman that we met at the meeting yesterday - We should ask the lady from head office But nowadays I would only do that formally, at work.
- The word is quite old-fashioned ...
- - She’s a lady.
- It happened, most probably, in the 1920s or maybe the 1950s.
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Hi
That's interesting. In formal ways, I would still use the word lady in the same way that I would use gentleman
- I mean the gentleman that we met at the meeting yesterday
- We should ask the lady from head office
But nowadays I would only do that formally, at work. The word is quite old-fashioned ...
- She’s a lady. It happened, most probably, in the 1
That's interesting. In formal ways, I would still use the word lady in the same way that I would use gentleman
- I mean the gentleman that we met at the meeting yesterday
- We should ask the lady from head office
But nowadays I would only do that formally, at work. The word is quite old-fashioned ...
- She’s a lady. It happened, most probably, in the 1
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Hardly a grammar question, rather more contextual: but if one is comfortable with society and British formality, one might answer that…
1. One might name one’s female pet or thoroughbred horse, “Lady”.
2. “Lady” is formally a replacement for “Woman” when titling one of a group of well-bred females. The title “Lady” is bestowed on the wife of certain British dignitaries—such as the Lt-Gover
1. One might name one’s female pet or thoroughbred horse, “Lady”.
2. “Lady” is formally a replacement for “Woman” when titling one of a group of well-bred females. The title “Lady” is bestowed on the wife of certain British dignitaries—such as the Lt-Gover
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Hi everyone.
In your reply, Dave, shouldn't it be, "The gentleman whom we met at the meeting yesterday". Could you tell me why you used 'that' in place of 'whom'?
Thanks.
In your reply, Dave, shouldn't it be, "The gentleman whom we met at the meeting yesterday". Could you tell me why you used 'that' in place of 'whom'?
Thanks.
dave_anon:
Hi
That's interesting. In formal ways, I would still use the word lady in the same way that I
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Hi
It is OK to use a 'that' phrase with a person:
- He's the man that I met in Paris
In another thread, I did comment on 'who' and 'whom' and said I found it tricky:
- He's the man who I met in Paris
- He's the man whom I met in Paris
The first is what many native speakers would say nowadays; the second, strictly speaking, uses the objective form 'w
It is OK to use a 'that' phrase with a person:
- He's the man that I met in Paris
In another thread, I did comment on 'who' and 'whom' and said I found it tricky:
- He's the man who I met in Paris
- He's the man whom I met in Paris
The first is what many native speakers would say nowadays; the second, strictly speaking, uses the objective form 'w
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