In [i] we could have as if he had been a Commonwealth citizen, with the perfect marking backshift (or past time) and the preterite marking modal remoteness; it is, however, much more usual in …

@citizen: I don't think it's really a matter of avoiding though as such. The thing is you're using it to ask a chatty/informal rhetorical question - which is all very well if you're a lecturer trying to …

I'm reading an English text about politics, and in one paragraph I found "voters," "electorates" and "constituents." Now I would like to know if they are absolutely the same, or if they have slightly

12 I can't use the phrase "second-class citizen" either. This is for a professional blog post, so I'd rather stay away from "red-headed step-child". I can't use "second-class citizen" because I'm …

12 I have trouble understanding why some words change "s"-es to "z"-s from BE to AE and some not. For example: analyse -> analyze characterise -> characterize hypnotise -> hypnotize But: …

Dec 21, 2016 · The newspaper asserts that the complaints—variously "diabolical lies" and "atrocious lies"—were politically motivated and utterly false. So the Pulaski Citizen 's editorial …

Sep 14, 2014 · So by analogy with U.S. citizen, you think you can say China citizen, but Chinese citizen blocks it. U.S. citizen is different either because it predates American citizen or it means …

I knew that Joe was used to mean the average man, and I discovered that joe is used to mean also coffee. What is the origin of such meanings? When it is used to mean the average man, …

Jul 8, 2011 · A citizen of the United States is a legal resident who has been processed by the government as being a member of the United States. A denizen of the United States is simply …

Title and question are at odds: an emigrant/immigrant may well be naturalised, making him a citizen but but still an immigrant.