Comments on: Is it that I is wrong? http://www.bitful.com/2007/03/08/1503/ UK-based weblog on technology, queerness, language and fitness Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Oliver http://www.bitful.com/2007/03/08/1503/#comment-1800 Oliver Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:42:29 +0000 http://www.bitful.com/2007/03/08/1503/#comment-1800 Oh... well now that Dr. B has qualified his comment, I guess he's not so stupid after all and in fact you are both saying the same thing, which is that USA is treated as a singular since (as Dr. B says) it is a country or (as Bitful says) it is a single entity. So, if you both agree, why were you arguing? Still lovin' your work. Oh… well now that Dr. B has qualified his comment, I guess he's not so stupid after all and in fact you are both saying the same thing, which is that USA is treated as a singular since (as Dr. B says) it is a country or (as Bitful says) it is a single entity.

So, if you both agree, why were you arguing?

Still lovin' your work.

]]> By: Dr B http://www.bitful.com/2007/03/08/1503/#comment-1794 Dr B Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:08:19 +0000 http://www.bitful.com/2007/03/08/1503/#comment-1794 You've slightly mis-quoted me. The "united states" in this context is short for the "united stated of america" and as such relates to the country, not the individual states. As such it is singular not plural. You've slightly mis-quoted me. The "united states" in this context is short for the "united stated of america" and as such relates to the country, not the individual states. As such it is singular not plural.

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