Headline: "_Feds Plans_ To Close 1,200 Data Centers"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Was it copyedited?
DanG


On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> "_The U.S. government_ now expects to shutter at least 1,200 data centers…"
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> Is "Feds" unconsciously being construed as singular because "The U.S.
> government" is singular? Or is this merely a typo?
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