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Interventizio Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

"All-american"

Example sentence: "In Europe MacDonald's doesn't sell 2-litres milkshakes. This is an all-american thing" (sentence made up, of course). Does this sentence make sense? I want to say that there are things that are peculiar to one country and are not to be found in others.
  

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In Europe , McDonald's doesn't sell 2 -litre milkshakes. This is an all -American thing. Interventizio Does this sentence make sense?

— Mister Micawber

  • In Europe , McDonald's doesn't sell 2 -litre milkshakes.
  • This is an all -American thing.
  • Interventizio Does this sentence make sense?
  • I want to say that there are things that are peculiar to one country and are not to be found in others.
  • representing the entire United States.
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In Europe, McDonald's doesn't sell 2-litre milkshakes. This is an all-American thing.
Interventizio Does this sentence make sense? I want to say that there are things that are peculiar to one country and are not to be found in others.
Yes, it is understandable, but 'all-American' has some more usual meanings:

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Very thorough answer. Thank you a lot.
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