Amy, I appreciate your interest and especially your thoughtful consideration of what I tried to say. I think a huge element of intelligence is the capacity to make necessary distinctions.
Great explanation! I love how you delineate the differences between state and federal powers.
As the local language nerd I’ll point out that saying “The United States are…” in English is broadly acceptable but has an air of over-formality to it, like using “whom” — it feels “proper” but in most contexts “proper” to the extent of feeling “wrong.” Rhetorically it would mark the speaker as being alien — which is interesting to note in a conversation about who counts as “one of us” and who does not! :)
Amy, I appreciate your interest and especially your thoughtful consideration of what I tried to say. I think a huge element of intelligence is the capacity to make necessary distinctions.
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Great explanation! I love how you delineate the differences between state and federal powers.
As the local language nerd I’ll point out that saying “The United States are…” in English is broadly acceptable but has an air of over-formality to it, like using “whom” — it feels “proper” but in most contexts “proper” to the extent of feeling “wrong.” Rhetorically it would mark the speaker as being alien — which is interesting to note in a conversation about who counts as “one of us” and who does not! :)