Re: CHAT: R: Re: CHAT: Yorkshire/Texas (was: dl)
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 30, 2001, 23:04 |
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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>BTW, it does the same with the Netherlands: Les Pays-Bas sont un royaume. Does
>English use plural or singular in this case? I think I remember singular...
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I would probably say "The Low Countries are a kingdom". But aren't the
Low Countries more than one country? Anyway, a curious contrast to the
"United States is"!
Padraic.
>Christophe.