
What is the difference between "citizen" and "denizen"
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 …
Why isn't "citizen" spelled as "citisen" in British English?
Oct 4, 2010 · 28 There is a suffix that is written only as -ize in American English and often -ise in British English (but not always, as ShreevatsaR points out in the comments). This suffix …
etymology - Why is the inhabitant of a country called a “citizen ...
Jul 22, 2017 · Why is citizen used to describe an inhabitant of a country when the word is derived from the Latin for city (civitas) and originally meant a city dweller? Wouldn’t the nouns derived …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 21, 2012 · Sure, American can refer to a citizen of the United States, but we could also talk about the Americas, or the American continent. (This is not unlike how man can refer to the …
meaning - What is implied in calling someone "Citizen"? - English ...
Jun 14, 2011 · In many dystopian stories, people call each other citizen. In other contexts too, I'm thinking Citizen Kane for example. Why? What is implied here?
grammar - We say "U.S. citizen", but why can't we say "China …
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 …
single word requests - What is the demonym for a citizen of Niger ...
Nov 18, 2014 · 12 If a citizen of Nigeria is a Nigerian, what is a citizen of Niger referred to as? The Wikipedia article on Niger and the online Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries say that the proper …
Which term is correct — "Afghan" or "Afghani"?
May 29, 2011 · Afghani A citizen or native of Afghanistan. From an Afghan point of view this name is wrongly being used for Afghans. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan millions of Afghans …
Difference between "voters", "electorates" and "constituents"
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
Who came up with this quote: Thomas Paine or Dean Alfange?
Jan 11, 2015 · I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to …