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Perhaps it’s built into a different perception of what a company is. In America, I get the feeling people think more of companies (large companies) as human bei
by iso947 6y ago
Perhaps it’s built into a different perception of what a company is. In America, I get the feeling people think more of companies (large companies) as human beings with rights (but no responsibilities), and that’s far less than the general view in the UK where the view is often they are parasites with valueless shareholders.
I wonder if a company with a well known single owner (amazon/bezos, spacex/musk) is also thought of as a group Or a person subconsciously.
Two countries separated by a common language
- foldr 6y agoNo, it's just that American English in general is much less free with the use of plural agreement with collective singular nouns. So e.g. "My team are" is much less acceptable in American English than in British English.