The fact that Iam writing to youin Englishalready falsifies what Iwanted to tell you. My subject:how to explain to youthat I don't belong to Englishthough I belong nowhere else, if not herein English.

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This man is basically saying that his love for English is so huge that he doesn't even belong to it, and if he didn't belong to English then he would be nowhere else. The idea of belonging to something is the basic idea behind this quote. The first part of the quote talks about how much English means to him and how it has become the only thing that makes him feel like he belongs. He also says that he doesn't belong anywhere else, except in English.The man could be talking about anything from his passion for English to patriotism or even a love for his own country. Many people feel like they don't belong anywhere else as long as they belong to their own country .

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