Is it something to do with British English tending to treat companies, teams, etc as plurals rather than singulars Yes. Far more information than is perhaps he

Is it something to do with British English tending to treat companies, teams, etc as plurals rather than singulars Yes. Far more information than is perhaps healthy on this topic: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001874.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001874.h...