2 ms·
I think it's just the British English way of referring to companies or groups with plural verbs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_diffe
by kj12345 16y ago
I think it's just the British English way of referring to companies or groups with plural verbs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences#Formal_and_notional_agreement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_di...
- will_critchlow 16y agoHuh. I'm British and I would always use singular for a company (not for sports teams necessarily ref: that wiki link). Are we really supposed to say "Google are having an earnings call on Tuesday"? I would say "Google is having an earnings call on Tuesday".