I know I am not good in English, so please help me out:
do you say that something (eg. burger) is an American's favourite/ Americans's favourite food?
2007-05-02 03:01:44 · 8 answers · asked by Sally 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The first answer is a good one. But it depends on your usage.
Any of these would be reasonable:
It's America's favorite.
The typical American's favorite food is...
The stereotype says that all Americans' favorite food is...
And definitely drop the u.
2007-05-02 03:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by JustAnotherEngineer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you mean America the country?
If you do then it is:-
America's favourite (the u is there just for the laugh)
do you mean American people ?
If you do then it is:-
Americans' favourite (more laughter from Americans who find the u funny)
Americans is the plural of American
If we want it to be:-
The favourite of the Americans, then the apostrophe must go after the S
Americans' favourit (more roars of laughter)
Clear and crystal ????
2007-05-05 23:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by drstella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you can use "Americans' favourite food" or America's favourite food.
The first one is referring to people while the second is referring to the country in general.
2007-05-05 17:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by Highly Favoured 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be "America's favorite".
America as in the whole country, and the "u" is only in British spellings.
You could leave it in for humor, though.
2007-05-02 03:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by open4one 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
actually it would be America's favorite
EXE: which sounds better and looks right
Burgers are Americans fav food
Burgers are America's fav food
2007-05-02 03:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by getemgirl2105 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would use the first one!
2007-05-02 03:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by wakeupcall 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"America's favorite..." would be correct.
2007-05-02 03:14:55 · answer #7 · answered by absentmindednik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open4one is correct.
2007-05-02 03:10:23 · answer #8 · answered by surffsav 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋