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Hey now, if we started holding individuals accountable for the criminal negligence of the corporation they run, surely bedlam would errupt. It's Limited Liabil

Hey now, if we started holding individuals accountable for the criminal negligence of the corporation they run, surely bedlam would errupt. It's Limited Liability in it's purest, most distilled form.

cjbprime 7y ago
Interesting linguistic phenomenon: Commonwealth grammar uses plural verbs for collective nouns -- i.e. English newspaper articles will say "Boeing have decided.." instead of "Boeing has decided..". Strikes me as subversive in this current environment: language reminding you that a corporation's decisions are made by actual people.
- aitchnyu 7y ago
  As an Indian, I was surprised at "Collective are..." and believe it arose after the colonial days.
  - cjbprime 7y ago
    That's interesting! I wonder when this strong preference for plural verbs appeared in British English.
phkahler 7y ago
>> It's Limited Liability in it's purest, most distilled form. I didn't say what should happen. The company is just publicly waffling about it's own behavior. I find that annoying is all even if it's kind of expected.