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Lagataw Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Are all these sentences correct?

I live in Japan.

I live in Tokyo.

I am from Japan.

I am from Tokyo.

Can we use be from and live in interchangeably?
  

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Your sentences are fine. - Not always. 'Be from' can also indicate your home town (where you used to live when you were a child).

— Mister Micawber

  • Your sentences are fine.
  • - Not always.
  • 'Be from' can also indicate your home town (where you used to live when you were a child).
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Your sentences are fine.

Can we use be from and live in interchangeably?- Not always. 'Be from' can also indicate your home town (where you used to live when you were a child).
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Hi,

I live in Japan.

I live in Tokyo.

I am from Japan.

I am from Tokyo.

Can we use be from and live in interchangeably? Without any context, 'I am from Tokyo' sounds to me like you do not live there now, or at least that you are not there a
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