3 Answered Questions for the topic ethnonyms
06/24/19
We say "U.S. citizen", but why can't we say "China citizen"? Or can we?
Is the word "U.S." an adjective or a noun modifier in this case? It seems to me that it is an adjective that goes before citizen, because we say "Russian citizen", "Chinese citizen", etc. But if...
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06/24/19
Why do we say “Japan earthquake” and not “Japanese earthquake”?
Isn’t earthquake a noun and the preceding word an adjective? Isn’t “Japanese” the adjectival form of “Japan”?
06/21/19
Americans can eat Chinese, but Chinese can't eat Americans?
No offence!! Please take it just for knowledge. I heard one of my friends saying **Americans can eat Chinese but Chinese can't eat Americans**. He said so for fun, and everybody was just laughing....
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