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What is your nationality?



Kate1900
Germany

What is your nationality?
 
Q. "What is your nationality?"
If I am asked this question, what would be the correct/most relevant answer for that of the following?

a) My nationality is the United States. (It is the United States.)
b) My nationality is American. (It is American.)
c) I am American.
d) I am an American.
e) None of the above

16 Nov 2009      





foreign
Slovenia

the correct answer would be C.

16 Nov 2009     



Zora
Canada

Actually, the most natural response would be - b) "I �m American." 

16 Nov 2009     



hippy76
Turkey

I am American (c)

16 Nov 2009     



neslih2o
Turkey

c) I �m American

16 Nov 2009     



bruxamery
Spain

I �m American

16 Nov 2009     



alien boy
Japan

You could choose b), c) or d).

b) answers explicitly in terms of �nationality �;
c) is more natural as a response - it �s a �given � that you are talking about nationality because of the question;
d) is more emphatic than c) especially if �an � is emphasised.

Regards,
AB

halildurak(Hacettepe) - I take it that�s an e) then! Thumbs Up Big smile

p.s. A little further explanation...
a) would be incorrect as ´the United States´ is the country, not the nationality
e) there are at least 3 correct answers available (if you´re American)... it´s just that some answers are better than others depending on the register that the communication occurs in.

regards,
AB

16 Nov 2009     



Halildurak
Turkey

I �m  not  American.

16 Nov 2009     



maggy69
Portugal

Hi!

 
The correct answer for this question would be � �I am American.�

                                                                            I�m Portuguese"

 

We say the country or town when the question is:

Where are you from? ------�  I�m from Portugal.

                                               I�m from Paris.  

Hugs
Maggy

16 Nov 2009