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'runs' on 100 percent renewable energy. I hate British English so much.
by suivix 15y ago
'runs' on 100 percent renewable energy. I hate British English so much.
- nobody314159 15y agoIt runs on 100% renewable energy. Is built to run on 100% renewable energy. Grammatically totally different cases of 'run'
- chris_j 15y agoI'm British and 'runs' sounds correct to me too in this case. It looks like a typo to me.
- pyre 15y agoThis could go several ways: Icelandic data center [being] run on 100 percent renewable energy Icelandic data center [that is] run on 100 percent renewable energy Icelandic data center [is] running on 100 percent renewable energy Icelandic data center [that] runs on 100 percent renewable energy
- suivix 15y agoI was thinking it was along these lines: Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996... (first line in Wiki article)
- evilneanderthal 15y agoThis is correct. Headlines are often written in the passive voice, e.g. 'Iraq Bombed' rather than 'So and so bombed Iraq'.
- anigbrowl 15y agoOr indeed 'Icelandic Data Center [was] run on 100% renewable energy [as a temporary experiment].' Oh grammar.
- jfruh 15y agoI'm the original submitter and I'm American and I did intend to write "runs!" Ugh. But: I do agree that one could interpret the headline as "data center [is] run on..." Wasn't my intention though. Even in British English I don't think it would be right to use "run" in the active voice though. "IceLandCo run on renewable energy," yes, but "data center" is conceptually singular even to the Brits. Also, it would be a "data centre" probably. OK, I'll stop now.
- coin 15y agoThe British (more specifically the English) are the original creators of the English language.