Talk:she could be his mother

he could be her father
SOP, and no more entryworthy than the myriad of variations possible:, , , , , , /  (for gay couples), etc. PUC – 14:45, 12 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete per Talk:could be someone's parent. Equinox ◑ 14:46, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete for Equinox's reason. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete. Binarystep (talk) 19:22, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ultimateria (talk) 19:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Failed Denazz (talk) 21:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I guess my comment is late, but may I point out for the record that phrases of the pattern "She could be his mother" are not SoP. The literal meaning of "She could be his mother" is that his parentage is uncertain. The idiomatic meanings are that they are very similar in looks/personality, or, of people in a romantic/sexual relationship, that she is much older than he is. The real issue here, it seems to me, is that this is an extreme example of "expression that is difficult to lemmatise". I think if there was a clear way to write these in some kind of natural "base form" then we might take a different view. Mihia (talk) 20:12, 3 June 2024 (UTC)