British English treats company names as plurals. American English treats them as singular. The Brit system works better when it comes to pronouns. It's hard to think of Mercedes-Benz or AIG as an "it." The plural pronoun, "they," sounds correct to most ears. However, if one uses the plural verb and says "Mercedes-Benz are introducing another new model in the fall," it sounds awkward to the American ear but not to the Brits. It's just another transatlantic difference. Americans routinely use a plural pronoun and a singular verb, as in "Mercedes-Benz is introducing a new model in the fall. They expect it to sell very well." Bad, but it's just another example of how the colonists have corrupted the language. I don't know which way the Canadians swing on that number. Paul On May 4, 2008, at 5:21 PM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ann sanfedele" > Subject: Re: Photobook company > > > >> No -- but perhaps this quote from their front page might give one >> pause.. >> >> "Yophoto are proud to work with the professional photographer." >> > > One presumes that there are more than one of them..... > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions.
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