treeroy
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- Apr 10, 2014
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- English
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- England
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- England
Hi,
My friend and I are having an argument about whether 'are' or 'is' should be used in a certain context. I'm not sure how I'd define the context but here are a couple of examples:
- "Tottenham are moving to a new stadium."
- "Black Veil Brides are an American rock band."
In both of these examples, I believe the word is should be used instead of are, because while the band and team do consist of multiple players, they themselves are singular. I insisted that it's "the team is", because there's only one team, but my friend won't listen, because the team is made up of players.
In the second instance, the person with whom I was arguing believed that it should be "Black Veil Brides are", because 'brides are' is correct; however, I said we aren't referring to brides, but rather the (singular) band.
I'm certain I am right.... right?
Can anyone help?
My friend and I are having an argument about whether 'are' or 'is' should be used in a certain context. I'm not sure how I'd define the context but here are a couple of examples:
- "Tottenham are moving to a new stadium."
- "Black Veil Brides are an American rock band."
In both of these examples, I believe the word is should be used instead of are, because while the band and team do consist of multiple players, they themselves are singular. I insisted that it's "the team is", because there's only one team, but my friend won't listen, because the team is made up of players.
In the second instance, the person with whom I was arguing believed that it should be "Black Veil Brides are", because 'brides are' is correct; however, I said we aren't referring to brides, but rather the (singular) band.
I'm certain I am right.... right?
Can anyone help?