Timeline for "They are Australian" vs "They are Australians"
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| Feb 9, 2016 at 4:49 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Feb 7, 2016 at 18:01 | comment | added | Casey | @SimonWhite I've never heard the usage you suggest and I don't think "Englishman" sounds archaic. I suppose you mean to draw an analogy to "Chinaman," which is indeed rarely used and may even be offensive, but I don't think it works. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 13:21 | vote | accept | fronthem | ||
| Feb 7, 2016 at 13:05 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | "Those aren't English persons / people." is better than writing "Those people aren't Englishmen and Englishwomen" which is a bit of a mouthful to say but... I like your answer, all the same. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 11:23 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | @SimonWhite No, you can't say He isn't an English, it just doesn't work as a noun. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 11:19 | comment | added | Simon White | “Englishman” and “Englishwoman” are archaic and unnecessary. You can use “English” in every case. You just say “those people aren’t English,” or “he is English,” or “they are English,” or “the English.” Same as with “Chinese.” People from England are English, people from China are Chinese. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 7:07 | history | answered | CJ Dennis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |