grammatical animacy (“it” vs “they”) aside, its not as easy to get it/it’s right as some commenters suggest. the authors of the constitution got it wrong too. the error has it’s own few decades of historical precedent. 🙃
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
turns out codifying one single spelling for an incredibly diverse language and forcing all of its speakers to stick to it was slightly more difficult than founding a new genre of government
(edit this was meant to be a funny silly little comment not biting satire so you all can stop dogpiling me now you make this website miserable)
grammatical animacy (“it” vs “they”) aside, its not as easy to get it/it’s right as some commenters suggest. the authors of the constitution got it wrong too. the error has it’s own few decades of historical precedent. 🙃
A state is an it, not a they.
i have edited my first sentence to clarify your misunderstanding 👍
Ah, yes that’s helpful. Apologies for the misunderstanding.
no problem, glad for the opportunity to clarify
They could barely agree on how words were spelled back then.
turns out codifying one single spelling for an incredibly diverse language and forcing all of its speakers to stick to it was slightly more difficult than founding a new genre of government
(edit this was meant to be a funny silly little comment not biting satire so you all can stop dogpiling me now you make this website miserable)