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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
VERB
Hi guys
If all of us are leaving for Australia for good, which of the following sentences is / are appropriate?
1. My family is migrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
2. My family are migrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
3. My family is emigrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
4. My family are emigrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
I'm confused by which words to use.
If all of us are leaving for Australia for good, which of the following sentences is / are appropriate?
1. My family is migrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
2. My family are migrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
3. My family is emigrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
4. My family are emigrating to Australia. We have decided to live there.
I'm confused by which words to use.
Top answer
To migrate is to make such a move either once or repeatedly: to migrate from Ireland to the United States. To emigrate is to leave a country, usually one's own (and take up residence in another): Each year many people emigrate from Europe. To immigrate is to enter and settle in a country not one's own: There are many inducements to immigrate to South America.
- To migrate is to make such a move either once or repeatedly: to migrate from Ireland to the United States.
- To emigrate is to leave a country, usually one's own (and take up residence in another): Each year many people emigrate from Europe.
- To immigrate is to enter and settle in a country not one's own: There are many inducements to immigrate to South America.
- Migrate is applied both to people or to animals that move from one region to another, esp.
- periodically; the other terms are generally applied to movements of people.
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To migrate is to make such a move either once or repeatedly: to migrate from Ireland to the United States. To emigrate is to leave a country, usually one's own (and take up residence in another): Each year many people emigrate from Europe. To immigrate is to enter and settle in a country not one's own: There are many inducements to immigrate to South America. Migrate is app
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Yoong Liat
Hi guys
If all of us are leaving for Australia for good, which of the following sentences is (/ are) appropriate?
I would use solely is, even if there is a distinct possibility of there being more than one appropriate sentence.
1. My family is migrating
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3. if you want to emphasize family as a single unit / group
4. if you want to emphasize the plurality of family members
4. if you want to emphasize the plurality of family members
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