Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!titcca!dclsic!sjc!spider!leia!harkcom From: harkcom@potato.pa.Yokogawa.CO.JP (Alton Harkcom) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Acronyms. Is is `1 MIP' or `1 MIPS'? Message-ID: Date: 5 Jul 90 17:40:21 GMT References: <6033@helios.TAMU.EDU> <111360@linus.mitre.org> <305@spam.ua.oz> <1990Jul2.022434.1442@melba.bby.oz.au> <-PE4L9E@xds8.ferranti.com> Sender: news@leia.pa.yokogawa.co.jp Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Lines: 15 In-reply-to: jeffd@ficc.ferranti.com's message of 3 Jul 90 10:28:31 GMT In article <-PE4L9E@xds8.ferranti.com> jeffd@ficc.ferranti.com (Jeff Daiell) writes: =} No. One should always use 'are' for the United States or United States =} of America. If one insists on using a singular, the noun should be =} The Union. Is the United States of America where you live? Is the United States of America where you are currently living? Are the above two sentences grammatically correct? Are you going to realize that you are wrong. Is this discussion a waste of bandwidth??? -- --harkcom@potato.pa.yokogawa.co.jp