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Sentence #3944018

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 CK CK March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015 at 10:46:03 AM UTC link Permalink

We almost always say "the United States" in this case.

http://www.googlefight.com/inde...ited+states%22

sabretou sabretou March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015 at 1:13:49 PM UTC link Permalink

Would "George Bush is America's forty-first president" go better?

patgfisher patgfisher March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015 at 9:38:55 PM UTC link Permalink

Question: Do they use "is" even though he's no longer President?

In Australia we'd say "Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia."

sabretou sabretou March 15, 2015 March 15, 2015 at 2:51:04 AM UTC link Permalink

If said today, it would be "was". The sentence is written assuming Bush is still the president.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #450973जॉर्ज बुश अमरीका का इकतालिसवा राष्ट्रपति है।.

George Bush is the forty-first president of America.

added by sabretou, March 10, 2015
➜ #450973जॉर्ज बुश अमरीका का इकतालिसवा राष्ट्रपति है।

linked by sabretou, March 10, 2015
➜ #1347370George Bush is the forty-first president of the United States of America.

linked by sabretou, March 10, 2015
➜ #3945886Ĝorĝo Buŝ estas la kvardek-unua prezidanto de Usono.

linked by fekundulo, March 10, 2015