Y'all:
#1: A group is always referred to in the singular,
i.e., U2 is releasing a new album.
If individual members of the group are being
referenced, the verb becomes plural - U2 are: bono,
edge, etc.
And since we're on the topic: the t in often is
silent; plural acronyms are written without an
apostrophe (with an apostrophe the acronym becomes
possessive instead of plural); the word is pronounced
"ask" not "aks;" periods, commas, exclamation points
belong inside quotation marks and colons, and the g in
words ending with ing is not optional.
#2: What's up with grammar lesson on G-list?
Just my 2 cents. . .
Nicole
--- On Sep 20, 2004, at 6:43 AM, Andrew Grebneff
wrote:
>> We all know how bad Micro$oft are (have been ?)
>
> Is. Singular. It IS a company.
Unless you're in the U.K. where singular nouns
referring to a group are
treated as plural ("the team are").
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