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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The States/USA/America

I live in the States. Or I live in The States.

I live in USA or I live in the USA.

I live in the United States of America or I live in United States of America.

I live in America.

Could you please tell me the correct answers?
  

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I live in the States. (very informal) I live in the USA. I live in the US.

— Cool Breeze

  • I live in the States.
  • (very informal) I live in the USA.
  • I live in the US.
  • (somewhat informal) I live in the United States of America.
  • (formal) I live in America.
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I live in the States. (very informal)

I live in the USA.

I live in the US. (somewhat informal)

I live in the United States of America. (formal)

I live in America. (Used a lot to mean "I live in the USA" even though geographically America is a continent. If you live in Peru, you live in America, South America to be exact. Many geographers would say you live in Am
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michaeltingI live in USA ... I live in United States of America.
These, without the, are wrong. I say "in the U.S." or "in the United States". I almost never say "of America" at the end, though that's OK if you want to add it.

CJ
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