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LosAng Posted 14 years ago
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Withdraw Citizenship
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/michele-bachmann-withdraw-her-swiss-citizenship-during-her-201609467.html
"Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican and former presidential candidate, announced Thursday that she was withdrawing her dual Swiss citizenship, which Politico first disclosed earlier this week."
How does a citizen of some country withdraw(take away) his/her citizenship? I thought only a country could withdraw citizenship from its citizens.
"Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican and former presidential candidate, announced Thursday that she was withdrawing her dual Swiss citizenship, which Politico first disclosed earlier this week."
How does a citizen of some country withdraw(take away) his/her citizenship? I thought only a country could withdraw citizenship from its citizens.
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Hi, The text in your original post was not well-worded. Here is part of what she actually said. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) issued the following statement today about her decision to withdraw her dual Swiss citizenship: "Today I sent a letter to the Swiss Consulate requesting withdrawal of my dual Swiss citizenship,.
- Hi, The text in your original post was not well-worded.
- Here is part of what she actually said.
- Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) issued the following statement today about her decision to withdraw her dual Swiss citizenship: "Today I sent a letter to the Swiss Consulate requesting withdrawal of my dual Swiss citizenship,.
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- The usual verb for action by a person is 'renounce'.
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Hi,
The text in your original post was not well-worded.
Here is part of what she actually said.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) issued the following statement today about her decision to withdraw her dual Swiss citizenship:
"Today I sent a letter to
The text in your original post was not well-worded.
Here is part of what she actually said.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) issued the following statement today about her decision to withdraw her dual Swiss citizenship:
"Today I sent a letter to
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Thank you for your reply, Clive!
So, this:
"She withdrew her Swiss citizen."
is poorly written, and it should be written like this:
"She renounced her Swiss citizen."
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So, this:
"She withdrew her Swiss citizen."
is poorly written, and it should be written like this:
"She renounced her Swiss citizen."
?
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Hi,
Yes, but the word should be 'citizenship', not 'citizen'.
She renounced her Swiss citizenship.
Sh asked the Swiss government to withdraw her Swiss citizenship.
Clive
Yes, but the word should be 'citizenship', not 'citizen'.
She renounced her Swiss citizenship.
Sh asked the Swiss government to withdraw her Swiss citizenship.
Clive
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