1. From a linguistic point of view,
other film critics have also used grammar to explain this relationship, because the is an article, referring to a specific one: the United States of America. Because it refers to a country, the singular verb is is used instead of are.
2. From a historical point of view,
everyone also knows the history of the United States: a. The United States became independent from the United Kingdom, and a famous President George Washington came out; b. The American Civil War gave birth to a great President Lincoln.
In historical stage a, the United States became independent from the United Kingdom and established a republic. At that time, the central government was just a symbol without practical significance, so the name of the United States at that time was United states of America, so it was modified with the plural verb are instead of is, which is similar to the current European Union. concept is similar.
By the time of historical stage b, after the American Civil War, the North won the victory. Only after that did the idea of the nation of this confederate power on the North American continent begin to be given, perhaps thanks to the blood shed by President Lincoln. Therefore, the name of the country changed from a bunch of regimes to a "specific one" regime, and the United States of America was born from this.
A rough introduction, I hope you can add, thank you.
btw, this movie can make many people born after 70-80-90-00, and those who learn a language very easily, can be more considerate of the difficulties and hardships of learning foreign languages, whether it is seniors or peers.
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