Moms At Work – English grammar question: Hi, Mom!?
Moms At Work
Question by Alice: English grammar question: Hi, Mom!?
What is the difference between saying: Hi, mother! and Hi, Mom!
Who say “Mom” ? Only children? Until which age is acceptable to say Hi, Mom in America?
Do we need to capitalize the first letter of Mom?
Best answer:
Answer by violet
Mother is the person who gives life to a child. Mom is the person who gives her life to the raising of a child. A person who willingly accepts the burdens, responsibilities, heart breaks, and joys of raising a child. In comparison to being a Mom, it takes very little to be a Mother. It takes only nine months to become a mother. On the other hand, to be a Mom takes a life commitment to hard work, worry, and the giving of one’s self for the good of a child.
yes, u need to capitalize
Add your own answer in the comments!
The Fireworks Explosion at Disney During the Pirates and Princesses Party!
Image by Stuck in Customs
There is a special night at Disney when they close the park for everyone except for the people that bought special passes to the Pirates and Princesses Party. Things were still pretty busy as we scurried around from one stop to another to collect treasure and engage in the booty-like festivities.
They even had a bunch of Johnny Depps running around (one of them rather convincing), taking photos and giving impromptu sword-fighting lessons. I had read a story about a Johnny Depp-lookalike that worked at Disneyworld that had a secret blog… about all the crazy things that would happen behind the scenes with all the randy moms.
Anyway, the finale of the night was this massive fireworks display on top of the Cinderella Castle… it was more than my 10mm could grab!
from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
This is what we do when mom is at work. I love that kids give you new eyes on the daily!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
it is always acceptable to address your mother as mom as it is a sign of the love and affection that you share with her in the bond of mother/daughter or mother/son. Also, you do not capitalise the first M in mom. it is just spelt mom as it is not a name of a location or person, it is just a title
“That is my mom over there” NOT “That is my Mom over there”
Mom, which should always be capitalized as it is a proper noun, is just an informal way of saying Mother, which also should be capitalized. There is no age limit on using Mom, in fact it is used more often than Mother which is very formal and you don’t really say it.
Mother v Mom:
Mother is a rather cold term which only indicates the woman who gave birth to you. “Mom” (or outside of the US “Mum”), is a warmer term which we tend to use more and emphasises the emotional (rather than biological) connection between the mother and child.
Capitalisation:
There are two ways in which we can use the term “mom”. The first as in place of a name, as in “Hi Mom”, or “Where is Mom?”. In these cases you can imagine replacing the word “Mom” with a name, such as “Judy”. So in this case, the word serves as an alternative name and so should be used with a CAPITAL M –> “Mom”.
The other way in which “mom” is used is as a more general term, such as “Have you seen my mom?”, or “Look how many moms have turned up for the concert!”. In these cases, the word refers to a “mom” in a general sense. You are not using it in place of a name, so in this case you do NOT have to capitalise. –> “mom”.
The way to remember whether you capitalize “mom” or “mother” (or father or grandmother, etc) is:
If Mom replaces her name, it is capitalized. If you are using mom as in “MY mom,” then it is not capitalized.
Examples (and let’s say her name is Betty): I went with my mother to the store. (Not capitalized, because it follows “my” — you would not say “I went with my Betty to the store”) However, in the sentence, “I went with Mother to the store,” it IS capitalized because it is being used in place of her name (I went with Betty to the store).
I hope this is helpful!
Nice
amazing
WOW! this is one of the best fireworks shots i have ever seen!
well done.
wonders of disney, great shot!
Wonderful Trey!
magic in the air…great capture
Oh this is very cool.
—
Seen in my contacts’ photos. (?)
An explosion of colors. Fantastic !
wow…… red blooded sky!
Well done!
Very nice!
Daddy, daddy, the castles on fire! (hehehe)
Excellent capture and great color Trey 🙂
Also, love the subtle textures
cool treatment
excellent – great work!
superbe!!!!
bravoo!!!!
Nice picture
Beautiful shot and Post. I’d love to see the secret blog about the randy moms. LOL
WOW, you have some of the most amazing work!
really nice shot my friend
just…wow ;), coloured blast, great as usual my friend 😉
—
This Great Photographic Art was made by a Diamond Class Photographer!
Please add your photo to Flicker Diamond The Diamond Class Photographer
Read the group rules please and tag your photo DiamondClassPhotographer
Invited with SIC 1.0
stunning colours!
wooooooooow!!!!….impressionante!:O
stunning colours and lights. Faved
Nice one! I love Disney World (at least as much as the kids do), and I wanted to take my wife and kids for the Pirates and Princesses Party while they were still young enough to appreciate it (one will be 10 this winter, and the other turns 9 next spring). Instead, we decided to celebrate 12 days of Christmas there. Really want to bring the main body, a 24-70 and the 14-24 with me, but I might end up taking just the G9 and a Gorilla pod . I would love to come back with something near the great shots you have made at WDW. Really liked your shots at Animal Kingdom Lodge, where we will be staying.
That’s a great shot
lighting is perfect
love it from my heart
thanks for the great art
🙂 congrats
wow….. great colors!
Awesome capture and what a flood of colors… excellent!!
Wow, love the colours!
Amazing as always
WOW X_x
Amazing!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called FOTOCYFER – The Light’s Hunters, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
#58 on Explore my dear friend…!!!
Champagne… a magnum … two bottles for this beatitude…!!! : ))
Congratulations! Félicitation! Felicitazione! Felicidades! Felicitats! Glückwunsch! تهنئة 恭喜 Felicitação! Čestitke! Blahopřání! Gratulation! Felicitatie! Õnnitlus! Onnittelu! Συγχαρητήρια! כל הכבוד! Gratulálok! مبارکPowinszowanie! Felicitação! Честитке! Lyckönskningar! Поздравляю! Tebrikler! Поздравления! تبریک おめでとう Til lukku or til hamingju! GEFELICITEERD! Parabéns! Gourc’hemennoù! 축하합니다!
Wow! Superb!
These colors are amazing!
Wow. A true firework explosion!
Congratulazioni!
EXPLORE meritatissimo!
Foto splendida!
What was the pirate blog ?
you have me interested
Very cool as always
bet that was a great night….
fantastic
—
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^__________^
EXIF says 17mm 😛
NIce one buddy.
Awesome. Looks like a war going on there.
Fantastic!!
Great light – well shot
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called VOTE….. at Disney, Disney, Disney!, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
holy bejesus, this is amazing
Haha Jay I love it that’s awesome man!
🙂
So adorable, looks like fun, a memory that will be cherished forever!
For sure!!