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And if you get any news from bbc.co.uk or read British bloggers you'll get accustomed to sports teams and corporations being considered plural. e.g.: "Apple tod

And if you get any news from bbc.co.uk or read British bloggers you'll get accustomed to sports teams and corporations being considered plural. e.g.: "Apple today are releasing..."

electromagnetic 18y ago
Well it's accurate, a corporation isn't an individual and when you're dealing with big business it is always controlled by multiple people so any decision is decided by a group.
- rationalbeaver 18y ago
  Actually a corporation is, legally, an individual.
  - lutorm 18y ago
    Unless I'm mistaken, that absurd notion is only entertained in the US.
    - jd 18y ago
      It also works like that in the Netherlands.
    - Angostura 18y ago
      Nope. I am British and used to be a journalist. The first place I worked had a very large sign on the wall: "Companies are singular". Which indeed they are, although staffed by multiple individuals.