Talk:Thirteenth grade

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New Zealand Clearly the reference to this country is incorrect, and year 13 aligns with grade 12. There is no grade 13 in New Zealand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fred114 (talk • contribs) 20:39, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"America" meaning the United States of America

Could I prevail on someone to correct the reference to the USA that now says "America" to a more accepted/acceptable way of referring to the United States of America? Some in the USA and outside the USA may use that short form to refer to the country; others (including most Canadians and large numbers of people in the rest of the Americas) don't. See, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)#Canada. I don't know how to edit in Wiki and would appreciate the assistance. Thanks. Iverglas (talk) 23:17, 17 July 2021 (UTC)iverglas[reply]

Done, but you really should learn how to make a simple edit to an article. And I don't know that most Canadians would agree with you that "American" does not refer to the United States. The first definition of "American" in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary relates to the US. Meters (talk) 23:25, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. I'm afraid I'm too busy to spend time learning a skill I really don't need and wouldn't use once a year.

Please do note that I did not say that Canadians don't think "that 'American' does not refer to the United States". I really appreciate it when people respond to things I have said, not things I have not said.

I said that most Canadians do not use the short form "America" to refer to the US. In more formal contexts (the news media, the House of Commons), it is usually referred to as "the United States". Since the time of the Loyalists or before, it has been referred to informally as "the States", which really is what most ordinary English-speaking Canadians -- my parents and grandparents when they were living, my neighbours, my friends -- call the place today. (A French-speaking Canadian would be far, far more likely to say "les États-Unis" than "l’Amérique".)

The issue here wasn't actually what citizens of that country are called, or what adjective is used in referring to the country, or what dictionaries might have to say about anything. It was what the country is called in this fairly formal context.

Thanks again. Iverglas (talk) 22:09, 25 November 2021 (UTC)iverglas[reply]