Re: [NTLK] New Newton Site

From: William Pociengel <hseldon_at_my.wgu.edu>
Date: Fri Feb 02 2007 - 16:48:00 EST

knowtree@aloha.com wrote:
>> William Pociengel wrote:
>>
>>> Brian wrote:
>>>> Good site - but please check your spelling!
>>>> (Hint - see line 2)
>>> and for those for whom English is not their primary language the line:
>>>
>>> the system alive until Apple get there acts together and launch a new
>>> Newton. With this
>>>
>>> should be:
>>> the system alive until Apple gets their act together and launches a new
>>> Newton. With this
>> "Get", not "gets".
>
> In America, corporation names are treated as singular, same as a person. In
> Europe they are considered plural.

ahhhh this I did not know, but now I do. maybe I should have prefaced
this entire thing with in American English as opposed to the rather open
ended English.

One learns something new everyday, and hey the day's only half over ;-)

william

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