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masklinn
4121 days ago
The singular impersonal "it" when talking about Google as a corporate entity (its component personnel would likely be "Googlers"). So "Google pays its taxes" and "Google doesn't pay its taxes".
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JonnieCache
4121 days ago
It's standard in british english to refer to all companies/coporate entities/groups as "they." Personally I enjoy the moral implications of this.
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tomp
4121 days ago
Isn't "they" used sometimes as well? At least it's frequently used for "police"...
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Symmetry
4121 days ago
You would use "they" to refer to the class of people who are police but "it" to refer to organizations like a police department.
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