Comments on: Apple are evil?

By: Hanlon’s razor and corporations — The Endeavour

Hanlon’s razor and corporations — The Endeavour — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:04:05 +0000

[...] corporations are evil. Sometimes corporations in general, but more often specific corporations like Apple, Google, or Microsoft. I don’t deny that large, powerful corporations have the potential to [...]

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:20:26 +0000

Rich, great point! I never noticed that. “They” seemed perfectly natural when I wrote this, but I suppose “it” would be more consistent. Now I wonder what most Americans would say in that situation.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:02:44 +0000

I thought it was interesting after the discussion of collective nouns that you said “By the way, I don’t believe Apple is evil. They’re just a company, no more or less virtuous than most other companies.” Shouldn’t either the first be “are” or the second “It’s”? Was that deliberate?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:17:07 +0000

Their corporate logo DOES celebrate original sin…