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Not everything in the USA has become an impersonal corporation. Powell's, the big independent bookstore, is still a
very successful family company. It's in Portland, Oregon.

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It's not very natural English.

You can say, 'Not every business in the USA has become an impersonal corporation. Powell's, the big independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, is still a very successful family-run company.'


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