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sabrina5311
Vietnam

Help me
 
Dear friends,

I �ve read something in English and it confuses me. I need an explanation, please help me if you can.

Does "provide a copy of your daughter in Canada �s birth certificate" mean "provide a copy of your daughter �s Canadian birth certificate?" 

I am confused with the phrase "in Canada �s birth certificate".

Please help! Thank you.

8 Jan 2014      





yanogator
United States

They are not quite the same, depending on where your daughter was born. If not in Canada, then she doesn �t have a Canadian birth certificate.
 
Anyway, it is a rather awkward way of saying "Provide a copy of the birth certificate of your daughter (who lives) in Canada".
 
Bruce

8 Jan 2014     



sabrina5311
Vietnam

Thank Bruce for your help. 

As I know, the daughter was not born in Canada. So, that sentence means that "Provide a copy of a birth certificate of your daughter who lives in Canada", does it?

Sabrina,


8 Jan 2014     



Digico
Netherlands

This is how I read the two sentences:

- In the first sentence the daughter lives in Canada, so they want you to provide the birth
   certificate of your daughter (who lives) in Canada
- In the second sentence the daughter was born in Canada, and has a Canadian birth
   certificate, which they want you to provide.

Cheers,

Marco

8 Jan 2014