Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale

Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by burke on Sunday April 18, 2021 @04:03PM (#26855808)

This is a difference between British and North American English. Americans consider a company to be singular; Brits, plural.

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Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by OJFord on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:36PM (#26856641)

I'm British.

(And The Economist's 'Style Guide' 10ed. concurs. (I'm not being selective beyond the extent to which I already am by only having that style guide.) It is of course a global publication, despite 'being' British, but it's entry on 'Americanisms' makes it pretty clear ('sparingly') it prefers a BrE starting point. I can't find anything more explicit on that.)

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Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by burke on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:12PM (#26856973)

Alright. Clearly it’s not a consensus view then. Still, every time I’ve heard things like “Google have”, it’s been (ESL, or) British English speakers. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered it in American English.

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