I'm giving management the benefit of the doubt here. I'm assuming they know they can't deliver the product roadmap without the French team. Therefore it's a short term private equity style maneuver to cook the books. What else?
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@sli. You are right, I am not a grammar Nazi but was specifically commenting on the singular/plural usage differences in English across cultures, because OP was trying to make it a point of his/her post.
You are right about "it's" usage however. And, what makes you think this grammar Nazi is a "he"? ;)
And thank you, @irt. There is lot to be upset about in ACT but singular / plural should not be one of them.
I love it. OP thought they were really smart. You really put them down.
@ezm is not a very good grammar Nazi. He missed the 'it's' when it should've been 'its.'
Yes, it's fine to speak of a company as singular or plural, meaning everybody in it
@ezm. In American English, "Intel" is singular, but in the rest of the world that uses UK English, "Intel" is plural. So to say "Intel are" can be correct, depending on where/what kind of English rules you are using.
"Intel is (are) sweetening the deal for (for) it's mobile business as a_N_ acquisition/joint ventur_E_"
How to make 100K EUROs per annum with Intel EU? For sure better learning English... Am I right?
Aisha took her revenge here. She lived in France when she was young. She started her engineering studies there. But she was too bad in maths and was "fired" from "classes preparatoires aux grandes ecoles" by the French.
I won't go as far as saying that they can't deliver without that site, but it's far tougher for sure. But yes, all these layoffs are trading long term gains for short term numbers.