In which sentence does the author use a more firm and forceful tone to emphasize a point? Then again, I don't feel very Finnish
either, as I've lived abroad for most of my life. I sometimes wonder whether my life would be different if I had grown up in one place. The sense of being at home anywhere, yet feeling that home is nowhere, is part of who I am. Being rootless doesn't mean I don't belong to any one place; it means I choose to belong to many.
Being rootless doesn't mean I don't belong to any one place; it means I choose to belong to many.
Explanation:
The word 'rootless' means homeless or wanderer who does not have a permanent home or place to live. He lives at different places at different time.
In the context, the author tries to convey the message that he is a wanderer and does not have a permanent settlement place. He had lived at different places all over his life. So he does not belongs to a particular place but all places belongs to him.
He emphasize this by saying that being homeless or unsettled at a particular place does not mean that he don't belong to any one of the place, but he means he can choose to belong to may places or countries.
It is the biggest change that has occurred in the pronunciation of the English language in the fifteenth century. This change mainly concerned the pronunciation of long vowels and is the direct cause of the current discrepancy between the spelling and pronunciation of English.
