07-04-2018, 10:10 AM
Canadians will generally avoid referring to the USA as "America" (unlike the Brits), but "American", either as an adjective or referring to a citizen of the USA, is pretty much common usage ("United States" can work as an adjective, but "USA" not so much).. You are of course correct that there is no country called "America", but no need to fetishize it, istm, since there is seldom if ever any confusion as to meaning. By the way, for our American cousins from south of the USA, it's one continent, not two. On the other hand, the Spanish-speaking world often calls the USA "Norteamerica", which leaves me wishing they used "America".