X is always in competition especially with his cousin A. Cousin A is on her way to Vietnam for Easter. So the question arises:
--Why does A get to go to so many other lands?
--You mean countries. Well, she is on vacation with her family
[conversation about what a vacation is]
--But why does A get to go to another land? I haven't been to another land.
--It's "country" in English.
--No. It's land.
Hmmm. How do you explain that "country" is in fact synonymous with "land" in English too, but it's more correct to use "country" when discussing it the way we were?
About Me
- An American in Stockholm
- As a backpacker on my first visit to Stockholm in 1992 I met, fell in love with and eventually married my Swedish husband. We've moved to the suburbs preschool son and daughter along with our six bicycles, bike trailer and three baby carriages and two cars (just like other Americans;-) The house we're building (and living in) is slooowwwwwly getting its finishing touches. Fair guess is by 2010 we'll be done with the construction--probably in time for some maintenance renovations.
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