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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

She was a native of New York City???

Please look at the following sentence.

"Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh, a native of Can Tho City's Co Do District was found dead in her rented room in Gumi City"

Is "a native of Can Tho City" a right expression? Looks she was born in Can Tho City.
Could you tell me whether such expression is a common expression or not?

Thank you for your answer in advance.
  

Top answer

Yes, it is. She comes from the city mentioned in your sentence.

  • Yes, it is.
  • She comes from the city mentioned in your sentence.
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Yes, it is. She comes from the city mentioned in your sentence.
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Thank you for your answer,Mr.KaransardanaEmotion: embarrassed
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.....a native Can Tho City of Co Do district.....
Native is adjective so it comes before noun. You can't write adj, without now in any sentence.
By the way, Can Tho City is not a person. You can not use apostrophe in your sentence but use of is proper.
e.g. Miranda's shoes.
Products of Thailand.
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Thank you for your answer,Ms Miranda TikEmotion: embarrassed
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Sorry, it should be ....a native Co Do district of Can Tho City .....
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Do you mean like this?

"Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh, a native Co Do District of Can Tho City was found dead"
But,
"Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh" is the person's name.
"Can Tho" is the city's name.
"Co Do" is the District's name.
In fact, I just wanted to ask you whether that expression is normal or not.
By the way, no need "of"?
I think there should be a prep
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There is a missing comma in the orignal sentence, which shoudl have been just before "was." That entire part -- a native of Can Tho City's Co Do District -- is an appositive.

There are two things Miranda has said that are incorrect:
In the original sentence "native" is a noun, not a
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"Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh, a native from Co Do district of Can Tho city was found dead"
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No, the original phrase "a native of X" is the correct, normal, and common way to say this.
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Miranda Tik , there are so many words that can be used as different kind of part of speech."native" ends with -tive so you identify it as an adjective but it can actually be noun somehow.
For more example, "adjective" is an adjective but it is a noun as well.

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