How to Use American Correctly – GRAMMARIST

The word American, as both an adjective and a demonym, can be tricky. The word technically should apply to people and things both North and South American, but in practical usage it has come to refer mostly to people and things from the U.S. American as a demonym The United States has been accused of appropriating the term American out of conceitedness, but the issue is not so simple. Most …

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