Could someone please help me understand the prepositions used after emigrate and immigrate?
I know generally it is emigrate from and immigrate to.
In one of the OG questions, I saw emigrate to. Is this usage correct?
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Emigrate vs Immigrate
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Emigrate (verb) is always used with the preposition "From". Easy reminder, "F" follows "E".mankey wrote:Could someone please help me understand the prepositions used after emigrate and immigrate?
I know generally it is emigrate from and immigrate to.
In one of the OG questions, I saw emigrate to. Is this usage correct?
Regards.
Immigrate (verb) is always used with the preposition "To"...
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1. both "emigrate to X" and "emigrate from X to Y" are correctmankey wrote:Could someone please help me understand the prepositions used after emigrate and immigrate?
I know generally it is emigrate from and immigrate to.
In one of the OG questions, I saw emigrate to. Is this usage correct?
Regards.
2. both "immigrate to X" and " immigrate from X to Y" are correct
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