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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 19, 2012 15:15:54 GMT
What's the correct English here?
I often see things like this... Pearl Jam is playing Southampton 20th Jan... That doesn't read right to me surely it should be Pearl Jam are playing...
I'm not just asking because I'm a fully signed up member of the grammar police (I'm not) I do have a reason for asking
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 19, 2012 15:19:57 GMT
I'd go is
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 19, 2012 15:23:38 GMT
It confuses me this bands are a collection of people, like football teams You wouldn't say 'we is going to the pub' or 'Southampton is playing M'Boro' so why is it 'is' for bands? |
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 19, 2012 15:30:03 GMT
It confuses me this bands are a collection of people, like football teams You wouldn't say 'we is going to the pub' or 'Southampton is playing M'Boro' so why is it 'is' for bands? a band or a team would be a collective noun and can be treated either way. we is a pronoun, so always plural. |
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Post by shirleymush on Apr 19, 2012 15:33:16 GMT
Surely either is fine? You could refer to the band as an entity ("is"), or collectively as Eddie Vedder and his hairy mates ("are").
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 19, 2012 15:33:50 GMT
It confuses me this bands are a collection of people, like football teams You wouldn't say 'we is going to the pub' or 'Southampton is playing M'Boro' so why is it 'is' for bands? a band or a team would be a collective noun and can be treated either way. we is a pronoun, so always plural. Shit Grammar Girl is hot! Right well I'm going 'are' then because 'is' sounds a bit mongy |
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 19, 2012 15:39:38 GMT
eithera band or a team would be a collective noun and can be treated either way. we is a pronoun, so always plural. Shit Grammar Girl is hot! Right well I'm going 'are' then because 'is' sounds a bit mongy I bet she's filthy too... those types often are! you're just saying that cos I said "is"...  |
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Post by shirleymush on Apr 19, 2012 15:42:18 GMT
Shit Grammar Girl is hot! Right well I'm going 'are' then because 'is' sounds a bit mongy I bet she's filthy too... those types often are! you're just saying that cos I said "is"... Well presumably she is or was a teacher. All the other teachers I've shagged have gone like steam trains. |
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 19, 2012 16:13:21 GMT
I bet she's filthy too... those types often are! you're just saying that cos I said "is"... Well presumably she is or was a teacher. All the other teachers I've shagged have gone like steam trains. ...what, they go "fwhhh" every time you thrust? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2012 16:19:22 GMT
Well presumably she is or was a teacher. All the other teachers I've shagged have gone like steam trains. ...what, they go "fwhhh" every time you thrust? choo choo (or a homonym). My Ex is a teacher - I think she may have got a litlle clinkered up towards the end!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2012 17:08:25 GMT
Yeeshk! My Mum and Dad were both teachers.
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Post by Rags on Apr 19, 2012 18:11:25 GMT
So are Pearl Jam paying in Southampton or not?
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 19, 2012 18:15:30 GMT
So are Pearl Jam paying in Southampton or not? Yes |
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Post by Rags on Apr 19, 2012 18:32:24 GMT
So are Pearl Jam paying in Southampton or not? Yes Not my cup of tea |
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 19, 2012 18:35:39 GMT
For clarity, they're not... I was using an example based on my current jam and the city I live in |
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