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Contributed by Daniel Evans

ONE POINT LESSON:

 My hometown is / I'm from...

Some people get a little confused when using these two phrases.  But the meanings and uses are actually quite simple.

Hometown

Your hometown usually means the town or city where you were born, or the town or city where you lived for most of your life.

So, a good example would be;

• My hometown is Sapporo.
• My hometown is Sapporo, in Hokkaido.

or

• My hometown is in Hokkaido.

We cannot say;

• My hometown is Hokkaido.

or

• My hometown is Japan.

I'm from...

When we say "I'm from" we have a few options.  We can say the city/town where we were born, the city/town where we lived most of our life, or even the country.

So...

• I'm from Sapporo.
• I'm from Hokkaido.

and

• I'm from Japan.

are all OK

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