Mankato is NOT a country. I’m talking about the INTERNATIONAL student - from which country is he?
No one here knows. The FReeper talking about his parents and fellow churchmembers being "there" and thus possibly in danger was referring to Mankato.
You wrote: I don't get what you're saying. First, you want to know from what country the international student is, and in the next breath, you're telling us your parents live there. WHERE is "there"?? You're not making any sense.
He was making perfect sense! The FReeper's sentence structure was impeccable. The FReeper, too, has no idea where the internat'l student is from (the article coyly denies us this info), but the FReeper has friends and relatives in Mankator, where the TB was discovered. That's all he said!
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