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Re: CHAT: R: Re: CHAT: Yorkshire/Texas (was: dl)

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, April 30, 2001, 7:59
En réponse à Mangiat <mangiat@...>:

> > Well, in Italian *they* still take the plural: > > gli Stati Uniti sono una repubblica > ART States United.PL are a republic. > > And I think French and Spanish do the same: >
Indeed: Les Etats-Unis sont une république. 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... Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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