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minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·4 months agoStill no, United States are STATES (plural), not a State (singular).
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoThe United States is a state. The united states that make it up are states, in a different sense of the word. The brain hurt is happening because you’re using two different definitions of the same thing really close together.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·edit-24 months agoNo, are you? (Wtf, is this reddit or something?) “The US is a failed state” is just grammatically incorrect sentence.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoNo it fucking isn’t, because the phrase “The United States” is a proper noun referring to a singular entity.
Still no, United States are STATES (plural), not a State (singular).
The United States is a state. The united states that make it up are states, in a different sense of the word. The brain hurt is happening because you’re using two different definitions of the same thing really close together.
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No, are you? (Wtf, is this reddit or something?)
“The US is a failed state” is just grammatically incorrect sentence.
No it fucking isn’t, because the phrase “The United States” is a proper noun referring to a singular entity.