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From: deb5@woodlawn.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: English: USA supreme court this fall
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 17:12:08 GMT
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In article <1996Apr13.080047@apollo>,  <swanson@macalstr.edu> wrote:
>In article <316D9F05.59D8@lunemere.com>, Truly Donovan <truly@lunemere.com> writes:

>> Not to mention that there is a world a difference between people working 
>> abroad and people emigrating to a new country.
>
>How does one emigrate *to* a new country?

Well, you certainly don't emigrate *from* a new country, do you?  (Unless
you're using "new" to mean "recently established" instead of "new to one"
or you're speaking of emigrating from a country to which one has just
immigrated.)

Just as one can say "He went to a new country" or "He came to a new country",
one can say "He emigrated to a new country" or "He immigrated to a new
country."  It all depends on one's perspective, and Ms.(?) Donovan is 
speaking from the perspective of one watching her friends emigrate *from*
the USA *to* other countries.  The residents of those countries would
probably describe them as immigrating.

C'est clair?
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