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Palinkasocsi Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Foreigner vs. stranger

Dear Friends,

In Headway Pre-Intermediate there is an exercise about confusing words. Now, look at the following fill-in:

foreigner vs. stranger

I'm English. I come from Brighton. In Paris I am a .... .
I'm from Brighton. In Manchester, in the north of England, I am a .... .

Most dictionary definitions use foreigner/stranger interchangebly for both meanings (1. somebody from a different country; 2. somebody from a different part of the country)

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Palinkasocsi
  

Top answer

I'm English. I come from Brighton. In Paris I am a foreigner .

  • I'm English.
  • I come from Brighton.
  • In Paris I am a foreigner .
  • I'm from Brighton.
  • In Manchester, in the north of England, I am a stranger.
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I'm English. I come from Brighton. In Paris I am a foreigner.
I'm from Brighton. In Manchester, in the north of England, I am a stranger.

Foreigner is usually someone who comes from a foreign country.
Stranger could be just about as foreigner but stranger is someone you don't know.
Well, in your case no one knows you in Manchester but yet you're st

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