How do spell us?

How do spell us?

United States, United States of America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. The United States, or the United States of America in full, takes a singular verb because the term designates a single country rather than a collection of states.

Can I write us instead of USA?

According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the abbreviation US shouldn’t be used as a noun. Instead, the full phrase United States should be used when the text requires a noun. The abbreviation USA is a noun, but the abbreviations U.S. and US are preferred by most style guides.

Is US a formal word?

1. In formal writing, spell out the two words as “United States,” as in the example below. This is always appropriate. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is charged with representing the United States during meetings of the General Assembly.

Is the USA correct?

The correct term is The(plural) United States of America or the USA. These United States… is also appropriate. USA is an abbreviation, you refer to it like you would the full word. The is plural as you are referring to the states that make up the Union of the US.

Why is America not the India?

Originally Answered: Why do we say “the” United States of America but not “the” India? Because in English there is a grammatical distinction made between a geographical territory with a proper name and the political entity which happens to occupy that space e.g. as has been said ‘India’ and ‘The republic of India’.

Can you say in the US?

“In the US” is correct because there is an article rule that says, if the name of a country is plural, we need to use the definite article (the).

Is US or the US?

In its publications, the MLA uses the abbreviation US. (Practices among publishers vary, however, and it is not incorrect to use U.S. Whichever abbreviation you choose, be consistent.) The MLA prefers to spell out the name United States in the main text of a work, in both adjective and noun forms.