What happens in my brain: - "The Beatles are..." This means we're talking about those 4 guys in The Beatles - "Metallica is..." Means we're talking about the

What happens in my brain: - "The Beatles are..." This means we're talking about those 4 guys in The Beatles - "Metallica is..." Means we're talking about the band, not the 4 dudes. And when that change happens (inferring the band vs inferring the band members) it doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, so nothing else matters.