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Zikten
09/12/17 9:15:55 PM
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people today tend to use it like it's ethnicity. there is even a commercial for Ancestry.com where a lady uses it that way. and my landlord told me "there is people from all nationalities in this building"

it bugs me when people misuse that word
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A_Good_Boy
09/12/17 9:17:20 PM
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Neither of those examples seems like they're misusing the word.
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Fam_Fam
09/12/17 9:18:24 PM
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why is it a misuse...?
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Philoktetes
09/12/17 9:19:04 PM
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*its

pronouns don't use apostrophes to show possession
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kuwab0
09/12/17 9:30:37 PM
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"My grandfather was born a slave but died a business man."
Stuck in my head Ancestry.com
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Zikten
09/12/17 9:50:19 PM
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Nationality means your citizenship. Ethnicity is your ancestry
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Kaname_Madoka
09/12/17 9:50:51 PM
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nationality means where you were born im fairly sure
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Looked gf
09/12/17 9:53:33 PM
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Kaname_Madoka posted...
nationality means where you were born im fairly sure

Nah it's citizenship

so you can have your nationality changed
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Fam_Fam
09/13/17 7:03:46 AM
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Zikten posted...
people today tend to use it like it's ethnicity. there is even a commercial for Ancestry.com where a lady uses it that way. and my landlord told me "there is people from all nationalities in this building"

it bugs me when people misuse that word


so what makes you think the usage is wrong?
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asdf8562
09/13/17 7:11:44 AM
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Jokes aside people definitely misuse the word "nationality."

I get asked the question 1-3 a year. When I respond with "american" they respond, "you know what I mean."

I know what they are always getting at but it bugs me. I hate they use the word nationality instead of ethnicity or even race is far more suitable.
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Zack_Attackv1
09/13/17 7:12:24 AM
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When will you learn when to properly utilize an apostrophe?
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RickyTheBAWSE
09/13/17 7:24:55 AM
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they're not mutually exclusive, but nationality is one of those commonly misused words.
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Zikten
09/13/17 7:47:53 AM
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Fam_Fam posted...
so what makes you think the usage is wrong?

because there are over 300 countries on earth and if there was one of every nationality, it would mean every single tenant in my building is from a different country, and not just FROM the county but a citizen of it, but for some odd reason living in an apartment in america. and also, I doubt someone from North Korea lives in my building.

Nationality means you have citizenship of that country. ethnicity is your race or culture or ancestry
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