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Slocawber Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

To be from [name of a place]

If I say "I'm from London", does it imply that I was born there?
Can I use the expression even if I'd like to say that I live there?
  

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slocawber If I say "I'm from London", does it imply that I was born there? Yes. slocawber Can I use the expression even if I'd like to say that I live there?

— Mister Micawber

  • slocawber If I say "I'm from London", does it imply that I was born there?
  • Yes.
  • slocawber Can I use the expression even if I'd like to say that I live there?
  • Only if you make that stipulation clear.
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slocawberIf I say "I'm from London", does it imply that I was born there?
Yes.
slocawberCan I use the expression even if I'd like to say that I live there?
Only if you make that stipulation clear.
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