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Sat Oct 14, 2006 13:15 pm Nationality dilemma

Yankee wrote:

Hi Conchita

I'm sitting here contemplating what would happen if someone were born directly on top of a national border. Would we have to calculate what percentage of the mother's body was physically in each country when referring to percentage of national origin of the baby? Laughing

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Would legal priority have to be given to where the lower part of the mother's body was situated? Confused

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Sat Oct 14, 2006 23:54 pm Adjective which cannot be used in comparison

Yankee wrote:

Hi Conchita

I'm sitting here contemplating what would happen if someone were born directly on top of a national border. Would we have to calculate what percentage of the mother's body was physically in each country when referring to percentage of national origin of the baby? Laughing

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Amy

Hi, everybody!

Conchita and Amy, isn't there some neutral territory on the border of two countries? I wonder what happens if a baby is born there. Rolling Eyes

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Anyway, a note about the problem at hand - my English teacher (who is British) mentioned that extreme adjectives don't go with "very". For example, one should say "absolutely delicious" instead of "very delicious". I imagine it doesn't matter much in informal conversations though Smile

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