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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Registered to

Consider the following sentence:


"The helicopter was registered to the Fillmore-based Island Express Holding Corp."


Does this imply that the helicopter belonged to 'Express Holding Corp.'?

  

Top answer

Yes. This is how this type of thing is phrased in the US. Other examples: The car is registered to ___________ .

  • Yes.
  • This is how this type of thing is phrased in the US.
  • Other examples: The car is registered to ___________ .
  • The pistol is registered to __________ .
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Yes. This is how this type of thing is phrased in the US. Other examples:


The car is registered to ___________ .

The pistol is registered to __________ .

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Christine ChristieDoes this imply that the helicopter belonged to 'Express Holding Corp.'?

The normal understanding would be yes, but whether the person or entity to whom a helicopter is registered is always the legal owner of the helicopter is a question that I think only a specialist in this area could definitively answer.

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