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The title is slightly confusing. According to AP,[0] current participants are 48 States, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. California and Alabama are not involved

The title is slightly confusing. According to AP,[0] current participants are 48 States, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. California and Alabama are not involved. [0] https://www.apnews.com/042b0989b2404c34a57e8ff9c8bbd0db https://www.apnews.com/042b0989b2404c34a57e8ff9c8bbd0db

partialrecall 7y ago
I can't say California surprises me, but I wonder what the deal with Alabama is.
- zer0faith 7y ago
  This is why http://www.madeinalabama.com/2018/04/google-kicks-off-construction-on-alabama-data-center/ http://www.madeinalabama.com/2018/04/google-kicks-off-constr...
  - ssalka 7y ago
    >100 jobs
    - rtkwe 7y ago
      Yeah but it'll also provide some good money to businesses during construction too.
  - peterebailey 7y ago
    Google has datacenters in other states, too.
- RandomTisk 7y ago
  Are we so far gone that we can't even expect the largest state by population and GDP to help police it's own mega corps to the benefit of the rest of the country? No doubt Google represents a massive chunk of Democrat donations... it's rather alarming that California is just sitting this out.
  - scoobyyabbadoo 7y ago
    California is doing much worse to the rest of the country, exporting it's Lefty workforce replacing us in other states now, while importing illegal immigrants that will replace us in other states later.
rolltiide 7y ago
50 = 48 states, 1 district and 1 territory oh but title said territories plural, red alert
- wahern 7y ago
  There's probably a rule of grammar that in such a phrase the noun must agree with the quantifier, even when the noun is part of an aggregate. "50 states and territory" doesn't sound right at all. "48 states and 1 territory" sounds stilted. Better to say "48 states and the District of Columbia", but once you include Puerto Rico it gets too wordy. The original title seems like the best option. Also, D.C. is a territory in a loose sense (part of the U.S. but not a state), just not the same formal category of territory as Puerto Rico. It's an immaterial distinction in a headline such as this.
whenchamenia 7y ago
California, leading by example again. /s

partialrecall 7y ago

I can't say California surprises me, but I wonder what the deal with Alabama is.

zer0faith 7y ago
This is why http://www.madeinalabama.com/2018/04/google-kicks-off-construction-on-alabama-data-center/ http://www.madeinalabama.com/2018/04/google-kicks-off-constr...
- ssalka 7y ago
  >100 jobs
  - rtkwe 7y ago
    Yeah but it'll also provide some good money to businesses during construction too.
- peterebailey 7y ago
  Google has datacenters in other states, too.
RandomTisk 7y ago
Are we so far gone that we can't even expect the largest state by population and GDP to help police it's own mega corps to the benefit of the rest of the country? No doubt Google represents a massive chunk of Democrat donations... it's rather alarming that California is just sitting this out.
- scoobyyabbadoo 7y ago
  California is doing much worse to the rest of the country, exporting it's Lefty workforce replacing us in other states now, while importing illegal immigrants that will replace us in other states later.

rolltiide 7y ago

50 = 48 states, 1 district and 1 territory oh but title said territories plural, red alert

wahern 7y ago
There's probably a rule of grammar that in such a phrase the noun must agree with the quantifier, even when the noun is part of an aggregate. "50 states and territory" doesn't sound right at all. "48 states and 1 territory" sounds stilted. Better to say "48 states and the District of Columbia", but once you include Puerto Rico it gets too wordy. The original title seems like the best option. Also, D.C. is a territory in a loose sense (part of the U.S. but not a state), just not the same formal category of territory as Puerto Rico. It's an immaterial distinction in a headline such as this.

whenchamenia 7y ago

California, leading by example again. /s