Can the Rules of Grammar Change?
This brings up a larger question about grammar and how it reflects on countries, cultures, and personal views. The issue of saying The United State is became a big debate in that country after their civil war (1861 – 1865). During that time the country was not a unified group. Remember, the word united means a group of different people or things that work together as one. The word state actually means country. So, the name The United States of America really is a united group of countries working together as one. Their President is the leader of the United States of the continent of (North) America. Today, we just think of it as one country, but that was not always the case. In the early part of their history there was a constant struggle as to whether they would be a unified group, or if they would be many neighbouring independent nations. The southern states tried to separate from the union and form their own union, which they called a confederacy – which is a close synonym for union
