Are you American or are you an American?
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Are you American or are you an American?
You can say I am American and I am an American, because the word American is both a noun and adjective. The same goes with Australian or German or Canadian or African or Asian. Unfortunately, there are many nationalities which are adjectives only, and cannot be used as a noun.
What do you call an American person?
People from the United States of America are known as and refer to themselves as Americans. All forms of English refer to US citizen as American, a term deriving from the United States of America, the country’s official name.
Are you considered American?
Generally, if you are born in the United States, or born to US citizens, you are considered to be a US citizen. Unless you are born to a foreign diplomat. You are also considered to be a US citizen at birth if you were born in Puerto Rico, Guam, or the US Virgin Islands.
Is it correct to say American?
The proper term in English for someone from America is an “American” and the proper name of the country is “The United States of America” though it was called “America” for over a century before the founding of the United States.
Is it correct to say im English?
Senior Member. You can use the adjective, either on its own (‘I am English’) or with a noun (‘I am an English person’).
Is I am correct English?
2 Answers. ‘I’m’ is merely a contraction of ‘I am’. In traditional grammar, contraction can denote the formation of a new word from one word or a group of words, for example, by elision.
What is another word for American?
What is another word for American?
| New Worlder | United Statesian |
|---|---|
| Usonan | Usonian |
| Western Hemispherian | Yankee |
| Yankee Doodle | Septic |
| U.S. American | United Statesman |
What is the true definition of an American?
1 : a citizen of the United States. 2 : a person born or living in North or South America.
What do you mean by American?
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : an American Indian of North America or South America. 2 : a native or inhabitant of North America or South America. 3 : a native or inhabitant of the U.S. : a U.S. citizen.
What U.S. citizen means?
Reviewed January 2020. You are a United States citizen is if you were born anywhere in the United States or its territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. And if you were born in another country and then naturalized, you are also a U.S. citizen. 106 C.M.R.
Do you say the US or America?
The term America (or the Americas) refers to all the lands in the Western Hemisphere, comprising the continents of North America and South America. (Central America is actually part of the North American continent.) The United States of America, or U.S.A., is a country in North America.
Do people say us or America?
In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the dominant abbreviation for United States. US (without periods) is more common in most other national forms of English. Some major American guides to style, such as The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.), now deprecate U.S. and prefer US.