I'm an American citizen. - English example sentence

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sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:15:50 PM UTC

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there is no such citizenship as "american"...

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:24:35 PM UTC

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No, there isn't. A Brazilian is an american, and their nationality is brazilian...

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:27:04 PM UTC

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what you mean is probably a "United States of America's citizen"...

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:32:10 PM UTC

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http://www.google.fr/imgres?q=U...w=1375&bih=783

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:33:24 PM UTC

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as a citizenship, it exists...Just in your imagination !

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:34:26 PM UTC

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http://www.google.fr/imgres?q=U...w=1375&bih=783

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:39:32 PM UTC

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Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:39:52 PM UTC

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..and "America" isn't one of them...

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:48:22 PM UTC

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Some Brits call Germans "Huns" as well, but they're wrong...

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 5:57:14 PM UTC

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I'm merely citing from british tabloids...and to negate the continental belonging of hundreds of millions of americans is about as polite...
If you tell me I'm not European because I don't belong to the Federation of Russia, I'll probably be as much rude to you...

sacredceltic August 1, 2011 August 1, 2011 at 6:20:25 PM UTC

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I just want to emphasise that not all used names are proper...("People use it this way" Deal with it!...)

Telling hundreds of millions of Americans that their continental identity is monopolised by a minority of America's inhabitants is very rude. Ask them, and you will see how they deal with it!