I simply didn't know that about the brit singular/plural company name... you say tomahto and I say tomayto
ann Paul Stenquist wrote: >British English treats company names as plurals. American English >treats them as singular. The Brit system works better when it comes >to pronouns. It's hard to think of Mercedes-Benz or AIG as an "it." >The plural pronoun, "they," sounds correct to most ears. However, if >one uses the plural verb and says "Mercedes-Benz are introducing >another new model in the fall," it sounds awkward to the American ear >but not to the Brits. It's just another transatlantic difference. >Americans routinely use a plural pronoun and a singular verb, as in >"Mercedes-Benz is introducing a new model in the fall. They expect it >to sell very well." Bad, but it's just another example of how the >colonists have corrupted the language. I don't know which way the >Canadians swing on that number. >Paul >On May 4, 2008, at 5:21 PM, William Robb wrote: > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "ann sanfedele" >>Subject: Re: Photobook company >> >> >> >> >> >>>No -- but perhaps this quote from their front page might give one >>>pause.. >>> >>>"Yophoto are proud to work with the professional photographer." >>> >>> >>> >>One presumes that there are more than one of them..... >> >>William Robb >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>and follow the directions. >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
