Grammar Geek  +  698243 Thu, 16 Apr 09 07:15 PM Anonymous “If a person is dating or living with someone or even is raising kids with someone and not married, is it all right to say 'he's single'?”       On a census form, yes. On a work-related form, yes. In a social situation, no! In a social situation, the word "single" carries a strong connotation of "not attached, not involved, available." You would say something like "Technically, he's single" if asked whether he was married. If I were living with someone and I heard him saying in a social situation that he was "single," you better believe that he would be truly single very soon thereafter! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Marriage, Relationships

	Avangi  +  698272 Thu, 16 Apr 09 08:52 PM Grammar Geek “ you better believe that he would be truly single very soon thereafter! ” Well said, GG.  I'm a believer!  Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,207 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	jonrc  +  962111 Thu, 05 Nov 09 04:50 AM Just because he is saying that he is single, not been married but still having a girlfriend is NOT single.  To me a man that says he is a single man, is a man without a girlfriend or is NOT engaged or even married.   Well that is the way I see it to be. jonrc Joined on Thu, Nov 5 2009 New Member 03 Marriage, Relationships, Girlfriends