09 Jun 20
@js357 saidDo you know there are those who really don't care?
At
https://io9.gizmodo.com/when-did-the-united-states-become-a-singular-noun-949771685
There is a graph showing the transition to U.S singular from U.S. plural. A clever analysis of ngram data. The balance shifted at ~1880.
-VR
09 Jun 20
@rookie54 saidYou sound like a child ranting or taunting in the school yard!
unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different than the rest
unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different from the rest
unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different to the rest
slapshot is just stupid and so the argument is moot
-VR
@very-rusty saidSeveral hundred thousand people died over whether once formed, it (the U.S) was singular or plural wrt enslavement. Would that they had only yelled.
Rather it is singular or plural.
What you yelling for?
-VR