"a nation who has ..."?

Chris F Waigl chris at LASCRIBE.NET
Sat Oct 27 01:17:56 UTC 2007


Chris F Waigl wrote:
> Here is more -- the Guardian search I used: http://dwarfurl.com/74cd4
>
>

Reading through those again, there *are* a few that use the plural when
"nation" carries the principal sense of the sum of its people.

Chris

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