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KhoshtipMan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Determiners

Do we need a determiner for the sentence below please?
"I'm American."
I think yes. We had better say "I'm an American."
  

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KhoshtipMan Do we need a determiner for the sentence below please? "I think yes. " No.

— CalifJim

  • KhoshtipMan Do we need a determiner for the sentence below please?
  • "I think yes.
  • " No.
  • The determiner is optional in that kind of sentence.
  • Without a determiner you have an adjective; with the determiner you have a noun.
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KhoshtipMan Do we need a determiner for the sentence below please? "I'm American."I think yes. We had better say "I'm an American."
No. The determiner is optional in that kind of sentence.

Without a determiner you have an adjective; with the determiner you have a noun.
This applies generally to nationality words that end in "an" or "ian".
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Did you mean in "I'm an American soldier.", the word "American" is a noun? To me, it's still adjective here.
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KhoshtipMan Did you mean in "I'm an American soldier.", the word "American" is a noun? ...
No. I was responding specifically to the sentences you cited.

CJ
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