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Warrentao1 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A Spanish or Spanish?

Hi,

I would like to ask which question is correct or if both are acceptable.

Is Jose Spanish?

or

Is Jose a Spanish?

Thanks in advance.
  

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These are both acceptable: Is Jose Spanish? Is Jose a Spaniard?

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These are both acceptable:

Is Jose Spanish?
Is Jose a Spaniard?
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There is a rule of sorts for adjectives and nouns of nationality. If the adjective ends in the following letters:

ish
ch
ine
ic

then the adj. cannot be used as the noun. For example:

British
Spanish
Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Polish
French
Dutch
Phillipine
Icelandic
...
Etc.

All other adjectives of nationalit
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Hi,

You might want to add to this some explanation that we can speak of the national group in general by saying
eg
the British
the French
the Dutch

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