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Junior Member
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2010
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- Hindi
- Home Country
- India
- Current Location
- India
What is the difference between...
"I am an Indian."
"I am Indian."?
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"I am an Indian."
"I am Indian."?
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Would these two sentences be used in different contexts?In meaning, nothing. The first uses the noun form of the demonym. The second use the adjective form. They both happen to be the same for an Indian.
On the other hand, someone from Denmark would say:
I am Danish.
I am a Dane.
In BrE, we tend to use the adjective - ' I'm English/Indian' rather than ' I'm an Englishman/Indian'. We tend to use the noun form when the adjective would need to be followed by a noun such as 'man' or 'person' - 'My daughter is going out with an Englishman/Indian'.
I'm Indian.(Does it imply that I'm an Indian person and therefore I don't need to specify by using the article?)In BrE, we tend to use the adjective - ' I'm English/Indian' rather than ' I'm an Englishman/Indian'. We tend to use the noun form when the adjective would need to be followed by a noun such as 'man' or 'person' - 'My daughter is going out with an Englishman/Indian'.
Look back through the responses already given.I'm Indian.(Does it imply that I'm an Indian person and therefore I don't need to specify by using the article?)
I'm Indian. I'm Chinese. I'm Swedish.(Is it used to refer to one's nationality?)