ann sanfedele wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > > >> John Francis wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 02:23:07PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> ann sanfedele wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Um - wait - that other quote I showed you was after I clicked on "TRADE" >>>>> >>>>> this one is from the link you sent: >>>>> >>>>> "Yophoto specialise in quality photobooks using state of the art print >>>>> presses and an in house finishing team." >>>>> >>>>> Now if I, who perpetually make typos, can spot these two in an instant, >>>>> how careful are they gonna be working with you? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ??? I'm still trying to find the typos. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Me too. I wonder if it's the difference in American vs. British English? >>> >>> Specialise (rather than specialize) would be correct in the UK. Similarly >>> an American would expect "Yophoto *is* proud ..." rather than "*are* proud" >>> (which is the only thing I could see wrong with the original example). >>> >>> >>> >> Yep. All looks like standard British spelling and grammar to me. >> >> >> >> > hmmm I see, I had no idea one said "are" after a sigular in Britain , > or specialise without the s.... > > I was reading the company name as a singular -- never knew that about > brit stuff. > > ann > > > I don't think corporations are singular in Britain. But you see strange anomalies over time as well. Prior to the 1860s a writer would have written "The United States of America are..." afterward the same writer would most likely have written, "The United States of America is..." Small difference that a war makes in point of view.
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