English Language & Usage Asked by N.S on August 21, 2021
Can I use “ homeschooling “ to refer to daily activity of teaching my children. For example ( by 3.00 p.m I must have finished homeschooling my kids)?
Yes you may. The neologism “homeschool” as a verb is now well understood, does not replace any previous word unnecessarily, and is concise. There are therefore no arguments for not accepting it into usage.
Your use of “must” clearly depends on the circumstances but whether or not or why you are obliged to (must) finish the task by a particular time is irrelevant to the thrust of your question and to this answer.
Answered by Anton on August 21, 2021
To homeschool seems to have a unique meaning: to provide one's children or someone's chilren with an education through private tutoring (wiktionary).
It does not mean "to teach homeschool" nor "to give lessons in the context of homeschool"; I find those definitions nowhere.
To say for instance "four days of the week he teaches school to young children" in the context of homeschooling you'd have to say "four days of the week he teaches homeschool to young children".
For instance, taking the verb "to school", two definitions exist.
Note that using the verb in "2" you can't say for instance "She is schooling this child with the others this morning".
It would probably be better to say "by 3.00 p.m I must have finished teaching my kids", thus preserving the existing model. It might be understood by a sharp enough listener that you are an adept of homeshooling.
Another possibility: by 3.00 p.m I must have finished giving my kids their homeschooling lessons
Answered by LPH on August 21, 2021
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