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> "Disney have used it" is correct here, in British English. Is it even a matter of US vs. British English? I thought collective nouns could be treated as eith
by jahabrewer 14y ago
> "Disney have used it" is correct here, in British English.
Is it even a matter of US vs. British English? I thought collective nouns could be treated as either singular or plural when conjugating the verb.
- thedufer 14y agoI think it is. I don't know the rules, but I've never heard a US English speaker use an entity like "Disney" as plural. That said, "the police" is always plural, and I have no idea why that's different.
- xsmasher 14y agoIn the US, I would never say "The government have shut down" or "The team have lost." I would treat them as singular entities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Metonymic_merging_of_grammatical_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Metonymic_mergi...
- IvyMike 14y agoIn the US, a corporation is a person in matters both legal and grammatical.