Off TopicAre you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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But you would say "the team are getting the work done" or "the crew are blagging the jewellery store"no "is" there either.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 23:04,
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No because the "team" isn't plural. You could say the teams are getting the work done....or the internet geeks are getting nothing done.
(It's pretty bad when an american corrects someone's english).
Language does change. "Data is" is considered acceptable although "data are" is preferable.
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