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I once read a Wikiepedia article starting with "Pink Floyd are..." and immediately hit edit. I saw a banner comment saying its correct according to British Engl
by aitchnyu 1y ago
I once read a Wikiepedia article starting with "Pink Floyd are..." and immediately hit edit. I saw a banner comment saying its correct according to British English. Since then I've noticed lots of "Company are...". I also wonder why India uses "Company is...". My guess is Britain adopted it after Indian independence.
- OJFord 1y agoIt's often proscribed, many style guides say 'the company is/has', sort of de-personifying it to the entity rather than the people that work there. I think it's an Americanizm to say e.g. 'Apple have released a new iPhone'.
- foldr 1y agoNo, it’s actually more common to do this in British English than in American English, so it’s a “Britism” if anything. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=British+plural+agreement+syntax&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Brit...
- aitchnyu 1y agoWas it commonly used in (for example) 1900? It wasnt taught to Indian students like me, who had English books with Cambridge and Oxford logos.
- OJFord 1y agoIt wouldn't be taught here either, it's a colloquialism/corruption, whether from American influence or not. Long may you keep it (and so many other things) out of Indian English!