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'America' can theoretically mean either the US or the two continents of the Americas depending on the context, but a US newspaper will invariably use 'America'
by Freak_NL 5y ago
'America' can theoretically mean either the US or the two continents of the Americas depending on the context, but a US newspaper will invariably use 'America' to mean 'The United States of America'.
In fact most people proficient in English (second language learners included) will expect that 'America' means the USA. Surely you're not hearing this for the first time? Anyone who wishes to reference the continents tends to use the plural form.
- nix23 5y ago>but a US newspaper will invariably use 'America' to mean 'The United States of America'. Yeah that's just plain wrong, but speaks for the "quality" of such News Papers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
- Hamuko 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America