state
1.在公文和商业文件里往往不用say而用state，在一般通信里该避免。例如：
- The spokesman stated that the treaty would be signed on 15 June.
- The student said（不用stated）that he had to go to a meeting in the afternoon.
2.可以说The negotiations are stated to have broken down，不可说They state the negotiations to have broken down。
3.作“国家”解时state往往用大写字母开首，如the foreign policy of the State。
4.我国春秋和战国时代的“国”是state。说“…国”该说the...State或the State of...，如the Lu（鲁）State和the State of Lu。“战国”通常译作the Warring States。
5.the United States of America是正式的名称，the United States是通用的名称，有时简称作the States。在语法上当作单数。例如：The (United) States (of America) is a republic of the old type. 但在被看作各州（state）独立的时候便当作复数，如The (United) States (of America) differ from one another in area里用differ，不用differs。美国本国的人民总是自称为Americans，他们时常称自己的国家为America，但是他们决不像有些国外的人们那样称它为North America或the United States of North America，而且他们也决不称自己为North Americans。别的国家里讲英语的人们，包括美国人在内，时常把the United States简称作the States，但美国国内的人民不用这简称。
6.可以说each of the United States，these United States，the Southwestern States of the United States和the Southwestern United States。
7.在美国State bank，State Law，State prison，State university等都指“州的…”，不指“国的…”。但State Department是“国务院”不是“州的部”。
8.关于Secretary of State，参见secretary 2
9.the States在澳大利亚指澳大利亚的各州。
