Am Dienstag, den 01.02.2005, 18:05 +0800 schrieb Cameron Patrick: > Frank K�ster wrote: > > > Just in case anybody is also reading -project... > > > > > > Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I do think that it should be objectivly compared with vacation before > > > Debian decides to add it to to their archives. > > ^^^^^ > > In some dialects in English (including the one spoken in England, I > believe) a group like "Debian" is plural, not singular.
I learned in school that if your refer to a group as whole then it's singular: "The band is playing a song." If you refer to the group if individuals, then you can use the plural: "The band are drunk." However, our teacher told us that the plural version is rather unusual. Please take this information with care, because I'm not a native speaker. -billy. -- A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q: Why is top posting bad?
