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05-06-2009, 12:12 PM

>Maybe everyone just has the ethno(?)centrism to think that "overseas" means "overseas from where I live" rather than "overseas from where the speaker lives."

I see. I have been also taken by the same trap.


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によるとandによって - 05-08-2009, 03:45 AM

日本によると
日本によって

What is the difference?
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05-08-2009, 03:53 AM

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日本によると
日本によって

What is the difference?
日本によると= according to Japan
日本によって= by Japan

You actually will not encounter the former phrase often in real life, or I should say, in good writing/speech. That is because not all Japanese are of the same opinion about anything.
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