Timeline for Can the name of a country be considered a plural noun, as a collective of e.g. its citizens? [duplicate]
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
8 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2016 at 9:03 | vote | accept | Alexandre | ||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 14:24 | history | closed |
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 oerkelens user66974 Ronan phenry |
Duplicate of Are collective nouns (and in particular companies) always given a plural verb form, or are certain ones treated as singular? | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 4:30 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 4:13 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Also a possible duplicate of Pluralization of sports teams in British and American English. In North America, we say that Toronto is beating Detroit. In other places, they say that London are beating Madrid. But that is strictly limited to sports teams. If it were some other thing, like competing for the next Olympics, it would be London has beaten out Madrid. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 3:55 | answer | added | keshlam | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 3:25 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 14:24 | |||||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 2:51 | review | First posts | |||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 3:07 | |||||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 2:32 | history | asked | Alexandre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |