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anonymarstoday at 12:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

Now let's evaluate "America puts man on moon"


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graemeptoday at 1:23 PM

Its a common term for the USA that has no other meaning. The content is North America, the two continents are the Americas. No ambiguity.

Europe properly means the continent so it is far more like saying "North America puts man on moon" than saying "America puts man on moon".

Ambiguity is always bad.

Some people say its clear, but I am sure a lot of others thought an EU agency reconnected with a spacecraft.

Its interesting that people get so upset about asking for correct and unambiguous language.

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embedding-shapetoday at 12:05 PM

Didn't think it was possible, but yes, you made it even worse.

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