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'emigrated to'. Sorry for correcting grammar. But being from one of the previous colonies, one desires to be a master of English and help others also to master

'emigrated to'. Sorry for correcting grammar. But being from one of the previous colonies, one desires to be a master of English and help others also to master it. We emigrate to a country from our own country. And other people immigrate into our country from some outside country.

keepamovin 3mo ago
I prefer 'migrated' for exactly that reason - strips all the annoying modifying prefixes that can trip you up. More flexible word, less radicals! ;) It's funny to me people are only discovering this about America now whereas a whole generation of 1st gen parents of current Americans discovered it in earlier waves, the tech waves, etc.
dlcarrier 3mo ago
It looks like "immigrated to" is now more popular in American English (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%2Cemigrated+to&year_start=1970&year_end=2022&corpus=en-US&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%...), but not in British English (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%2Cemigrated+to&year_start=1970&year_end=2022&corpus=en-GB&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%...).
ButlerianJihad 3mo ago
No idea where you got those definitions. An immigrant is one who arrives and moves into a place or country. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/immigrate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/immigrate An emigrant is one who leaves and moves out of a place. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emigrate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emigrate This distinction is very clear and has really never been a problem for people who understand language. The English Wikipedia has somehow managed to fuck it up beyond all recognition, so congratulations! You're one of Today's Lucky 10,000!
simiones 3mo ago
Both "immigrated to" and "emigrated to" are correct, and mean the same thing; they just emphasize, slightly, different things.

keepamovin 3mo ago

I prefer 'migrated' for exactly that reason - strips all the annoying modifying prefixes that can trip you up. More flexible word, less radicals! ;) It's funny to me people are only discovering this about America now whereas a whole generation of 1st gen parents of current Americans discovered it in earlier waves, the tech waves, etc.

dlcarrier 3mo ago

It looks like "immigrated to" is now more popular in American English (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%2Cemigrated+to&year_start=1970&year_end=2022&corpus=en-US&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%...), but not in British English (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%2Cemigrated+to&year_start=1970&year_end=2022&corpus=en-GB&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immigrated+to%...).

ButlerianJihad 3mo ago

No idea where you got those definitions. An immigrant is one who arrives and moves into a place or country. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/immigrate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/immigrate An emigrant is one who leaves and moves out of a place. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emigrate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emigrate This distinction is very clear and has really never been a problem for people who understand language. The English Wikipedia has somehow managed to fuck it up beyond all recognition, so congratulations! You're one of Today's Lucky 10,000!

simiones 3mo ago

Both "immigrated to" and "emigrated to" are correct, and mean the same thing; they just emphasize, slightly, different things.