Difference between revisions of "Expatriate"
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This is the correct way to spell the word meaning 'someone who is now living away from their native country'. Such people are not usually <strike>'''ex-patriots</strike>''', which isn't a real word. If it were, it would mean people who used to love their native country, but have stopped doing so. | This is the correct way to spell the word meaning 'someone who is now living away from their native country'. Such people are not usually <strike>'''ex-patriots</strike>''', which isn't a real word. If it were, it would mean people who used to love their native country, but have stopped doing so. | ||
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Revision as of 15:13, 6 August 2007
This is the correct way to spell the word meaning 'someone who is now living away from their native country'. Such people are not usually ex-patriots, which isn't a real word. If it were, it would mean people who used to love their native country, but have stopped doing so.
