Why can some adjectives describing nationality be used as proper nouns and some can't?
e.g. "He is German"/"he is a German". But not "he is French"/"he is a French.
Others are Belgian, Czech, Croat, Hungarian...
But not Spanish, British, Irish.
Why?
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Nationalities as proper nouns and adjectives
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tywysogesgymraeg · 01/09/2013 19:22
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