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US: Netcraft confirms Microsoft is dying. UK: Netcraft confirm Microsoft are dying.

• alextgordon 16y ago
  Thanks - I never noticed that. I think I must have been unconsciously converting the US style to the UK style in my head all this time.
  • smcl 16y ago
    It's in the context of football that I really struggle to contain myself, and I'm not a grammar nazi any other time. "Manchester United is going to win", or "Scotland has no chance", Argh!! I've no real reason to hate this, but it just feels wrong!
    • rahoulb 16y ago
      "Manchester United" is a contraction of "Manchester United Football Club"
      • jrockway 16y ago
        Right, but en_UK dictates that this is plural, and hence you say "Manchester United are going to win."
      • smcl 16y ago
        And "Manchester United Football Club is going to win the Premiership" sounds to me as incorrect as "Manchester United is going to win the Premiership" No matter what justification you use, "<football team> is..." will sound wrong to english speakers in the UK, Aus, NZ and a couple of other places (bar the person higher up in this thread who says they never notice it :))