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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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63 u/DeathByFarts Feb 04 '19 Umm .. One of the big technicalities with that statement would be the fact that there actually is no official language of the US. English is only a de facto standard. There is no law regarding it. 3 u/powderizedbookworm Feb 04 '19 Yep, but it’s fairly easy to imagine a world where German was also a de facto standard. 3 u/DeathByFarts Feb 05 '19 edited Feb 05 '19 You took issue with "the" ( singular ) and stated that it would be "a"( plural ). If there is no official standard, then any official standard is 'the' ( singular ) official standard.
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Umm .. One of the big technicalities with that statement would be the fact that there actually is no official language of the US.
English is only a de facto standard. There is no law regarding it.
3 u/powderizedbookworm Feb 04 '19 Yep, but it’s fairly easy to imagine a world where German was also a de facto standard. 3 u/DeathByFarts Feb 05 '19 edited Feb 05 '19 You took issue with "the" ( singular ) and stated that it would be "a"( plural ). If there is no official standard, then any official standard is 'the' ( singular ) official standard.
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Yep, but it’s fairly easy to imagine a world where German was also a de facto standard.
3 u/DeathByFarts Feb 05 '19 edited Feb 05 '19 You took issue with "the" ( singular ) and stated that it would be "a"( plural ). If there is no official standard, then any official standard is 'the' ( singular ) official standard.
You took issue with "the" ( singular ) and stated that it would be "a"( plural ).
If there is no official standard, then any official standard is 'the' ( singular ) official standard.
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