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- the USA vs. the US - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The term US will always logically have more Google hits than USA simply because of this adjectival use, but those outside of the USA tend to use USA rather than just US when referring to the country The journals I work for avoid using periods or stops between letters of abbreviations - deemed unnecessary
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10 Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?
- Why does the author use you almost got us killed vs you almost . . .
"You almost killed us" implies a fairly direct (intentional or un-intentional) action by 'you', such as reckless driving On the other hand, "You almost got us killed" heavily implies that the actual cause of death was someone something else, for example entering the territory of a gang, and shouting the slogans of a rival
- It is us? It is we? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The 12 "it is us" hits are of the form "Too often it is us, the anxious onlookers" or " because it is us Germans who are today leading the way" If you clean the results by searching for a comma after "it is we" you get only 6 results
- pronouns - It will be awesome interesting nice, etc. if you can join us . . .
"If you join us, it will be awesome" could refer to that too, but the focus is more on the person being there rather than the situation getting better if "you" are there
- Differences between the USA, the US and the States
I personally use the US when speaking about the country in general, the States when talking to someone overseas (about coming over, for instance), and rarely — or never the USA However, I think generally, most people use the US in conversation The only time I ever hear people use the USA is when they say it emphatically and patriotically
- “We three” vs “us three” - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the sentence, quot;We three will go to the Express mall You can find we us three there, having a good time quot; I'm unsure whether to use we us for the second reference I have read about
- Date format in UK vs US - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Why is the most common date format in the US like mm dd yyyy, whereas in Europe (including the UK) it's more common to have dd mm yyyy? Looking around, I found that the US form is actually the more
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