User blog comment:Nyssa sylvatica/Now about my editing.../@comment-1275369-20100330213546

Nyssa, that is a very Spanish language issue. It is not an issue in the English world.

In English we have the distinction between the Americas and America. You see, in English we divide the New World into two separate continents: North America and South America. In Spanish there is only one: America. So, in English, if we wish to refer to what the Spanish language calls America, we will say 'the Americas.'

That leaves the United States of America with part of the Americas. This is very clear in English. Perhaps those who translate should be clearer.

America is not the only nation in the Americas.