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Rex Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Governmet or government

1b001. The government of France is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment. 02br
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01b002. The French government is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment.02b02br
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01b00 Our friend Demetrius, very recently, told me the above sentences are not 100% correct. Demetrius speaks British English. It is my understanding that according to the standard BrE, those sentence are not 100% correct.02b02br
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01b00So you would write the following sentences.02b02br
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01b003.The Government of France is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment.02br
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01b00402b00. The French Government is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment.02br
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01b00I would like to know the opinion from our friends who speak AmE on this. 02b02br
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01b00I find uncomfortable to accept the word government as a proper noun.02br
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01b00Microsoft is a proper noun. Peru is a proper noun . UN is a proper noun. Novell is a proper noun; this is a company.02br
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01b00He is studying biology. The word biology is not a proper noun, for the best of my knowledge. 02br
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01b00He is studying Urdu; you must write Urdu and not urdu because it is a language in a country, thus quaifies as a proper noun.02br
00 You should write Lahore not lahore because it is a city and automatically qualifies as a proper noun.02br
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01b00It seems to write the Pakistan government is not 100% correct. It should be the Pakistan Government.02br
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01b00I would like to hear from our friends who represents Uncle Sam.02br
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0Hello Rex02br 02br 00I'm a BrE-speaker, rather than an AmE-speaker; but I would answer as follows:02br 02br 001. The government of France is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment. 02br 02br 002.

— MrPedantic

  • 0Hello Rex02br 02br 00I'm a BrE-speaker, rather than an AmE-speaker; but I would answer as follows:02br 02br 001.
  • The government of France is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment.
  • 02br 02br 002.
  • ] As above.
  • 02br 02br 004.
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0Hello Rex02br
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00I'm a BrE-speaker, rather than an AmE-speaker; but I would answer as follows:02br
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001. The government of France is facing unsurmountable problems of unemployment. ] Change to "insurmountable"; also (preferably) "of" to "with".02br
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002. The French government is facing unsurmountable problems of unemploymen
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0 What does "Ditto" stand for? Thank you for your anticipated response. 0-
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0 "Ditto" doesn't stand for anything; it's an adverb used to avoid repeating the same noun, or to show you agree with something that has already been said. 0-
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0 01i00ditto02i00 means 01i00same (answer) as above02i00 in the context of several answers.02br
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00 It's 01i00French government02i00, not 01i00Government02i00 in the U.S.02br
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00 And it seems to me that 01i00insurmountable02i00 is th
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0 I thank everybody for the comments. So there is a division on the capitalization the word government.02br
00 I hope Demetrius will read the comments made by the others.02br
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00 Yes, I would agree on the word insurmontable.0-
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01cite10Rex12cite10I thank everybody for the comments. So there is a division on the capitalization the word government.12br
10I hope Demetrius will read the comments made by the others.12br
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10Yes, I would agree on the word insurmontable.12br
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00There doesn't seem to be a rule, but there does seem to be a trend.Windows XP or windows XP?0-
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