Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ...
by tomp on Monday March 09, 2015 @05:52AM
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Instead of just criticising, maybe you could suggest how parent should improve? I'm always very confused about what personal pronoun to use for organisations or companies.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ...
by ErikBjare on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:33AM
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Not criticizing, first I was confused then I realized it was likely to be a side-effect of being a native speaker of German or another language. Sorry if it came out wrong.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ...
by masklinn on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:02AM
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The singular impersonal "it" when talking about Google as a corporate entity (its component personnel would likely be "Googlers"). So "Google pays its taxes" and "Google doesn't pay its taxes".
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ...
by JonnieCache on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:25AM
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It's standard in british english to refer to all companies/coporate entities/groups as "they." Personally I enjoy the moral implications of this.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ...
by tomp on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:11AM
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Isn't "they" used sometimes as well? At least it's frequently used for "police"...
Edit: Sorry if this came off as rude, was not intended.