At 09:14 AM 03/29/2001, Alfred Kraft van Ermel wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Dear Ira, > >I think you are wrong here; she actually emigrated to the USA! > >Please consider the same context with the different words: import and >export >vs immigrate and emigrate, which in fact mean the same but are used with >goods other than people. > >One uses import to imply that goods enter ones (from the writer's point of >view) country, and thus are exported from (left another) country. > >Thus: 'im' implies entering and 'ex' implies leaving (a place or country - >again - from subjects point of view) > >Alfred **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** Alfred, I agree with Ira. Please look in the dictionary again. Using my dictionaries, it seems there can be only one way to use these words: Maria Schmidt emigrated from Berlin, Germany. Maria Schmidt immigrated to Madison Co., VA. I looked in 5 different dictionaries, both book form, and computer form, and they all agree. Words mean things! Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN