stoneageupgrade t1_je89kxm wrote
"As a result of Secretary Foster's careful historical research on the subject, the House of Representative's Committee on Revision of the Laws had ruled in 1902 that "the United States" should be treated as singular, not plural."
It's "The US is" not "The US are"
cutiekittieteen t1_je8ayo5 wrote
All your United States are belong to us
ReverseCaptioningBot t1_je8azk1 wrote
ALL YOUR UNITED STATES ARE BELONG TO US
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Roos19 t1_je8kt1h wrote
Depends if you mean US as the singular country or the US as in the american states plural and then are is correct
Syncopationist t1_je8ah2k wrote
Oh no OP misgendered Dumbfuxkistan
chaingun_samurai t1_je8ap0c wrote
Dumbfuckistan, you plebe.
Syncopationist t1_je8b8q2 wrote
Censored myself for fuxk sake
chaingun_samurai t1_je8bgo5 wrote
Well it looks like you're trying to gender neutralize your swears.
Syncopationist t1_je8c18w wrote
Touchè
Economy-Clothes-9103 t1_je8cc8y wrote
Why?
Syncopationist t1_je8dqc7 wrote
reddiquette
Syncopationist t1_je8ds0a wrote
(This isnt my first account fyi)
stoneageupgrade t1_je8ax9k wrote
They did ask to be proven wrong...
MagicALCN OP t1_je8b90a wrote
Alright you got me
MagicALCN OP t1_je8ap8t wrote
What am I gonna do
Syncopationist t1_je8bca7 wrote
You do great, Op. It's not your faul that Americans think "states" is singular
MagicALCN OP t1_je8beo3 wrote
It just sounds weird in singular
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