Somes bodies sayd they is. (or am I pushing this too much). ann sanfedele wrote: > Meanwhile -- > Did anyone ever discover if the company am good??? > > ann > > > Mark Roberts wrote: > > >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> I don't think corporations are singular in Britain. But you see strange >>> anomalies over time as well. >>> >>> >>> >> Collective nouns are plural in Britain. You'll notice it all the time >> with sports teams. In British English it's correct to say "Manchester >> *are* playing Liverpool..." >> >> >>> Prior to the 1860s a writer would have written "The United States of >>> America are..." afterward the same writer >>> would most likely have written, "The United States of America is..." >>> Small difference that a war makes in point of view. >>> >> It's also likely that American usage started out the same as British and >> slowly evolved into its current form. You can make a logical argument >> either way when it comes to treating collective nouns as singular or >> plural, but languages seldom behave logically. ;-) >> >> >> >> > > > >
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