It's Amazing How Many People Here Don't Know When To Use "Is" Or "Are"

14 years ago

I agree, and personally I have been working hard to eliminate this problem on a global level.

Currently there is not a single poster from Antarctica here that is having this problem and I think my efforts is the reason why.

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

I agree, and personally I have been working hard to eliminate this problem on a global level.

Currently there is not a single poster from Antarctica here that is having this problem and I think my efforts is the reason why.

~Bill

Okay, now you're just trying to confuse me, but shouldn't it be my efforts
are the reasons why?

Efforts is plural. So you have to have more than one reason and thus have
to use are.

But by all means, if there are any English experts out there who want to
explain to me why Bill's sentence is correct, I'll dig up my third grade
English teacher (literally) and tell her she taught me wrong.

PS - Bill, you're a real wise ass, you know that?

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Kurt

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Okay, now you're just trying to confuse me, but shouldn't it be my efforts
are the reasons why?

Efforts is plural. So you have to have more than one reason and thus have
to use are.

But by all means, if there are any English experts out there who want to
explain to me why Bill's sentence is correct, I'll dig up my third grade
English teacher (literally) and tell her she taught me wrong.

PS - Bill, you're a real wise ass, you know that?

I agree. Bill really are a wise ass!

(Steve...The worst part of this thread are all the bad "is/are" jokes that are coming.)

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

I agree. Bill really are a wise ass!

(Steve...The worst part of this thread are all the bad "is/are" jokes that are coming.)

Yeah Kurt...shoulda seen 'em cumin.
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tresfavian 14 years ago

Steve, need to point out a mistake. Sophia Loren is a Hot Woman - Women is plural !! Probably just a typing mistake.
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- Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tresfavian
  
  Steve, need to point out a mistake. Sophia Loren is a Hot Woman - Women is plural !! Probably just a typing mistake.
  
  Thanks, I missed that. I hit the e instead of the a.
  
  I never was a good typist.
  
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Frank Donovan 14 years ago

Okay, Steven. I wasn't going to get sucked in, but as it's Saturday on the OT forum - what the heck.

There's no absolute 'correct' version in the example you're complaining about.

It's true that in the phrase 'NZ are hard to beat', NZ should be singular (it's referring to a sports team, which is a collective noun) but the situation gets muddy when you substitute NZ for, say, The New York Giants (also, apparently, a sports team).

The New York Giants is hard to beat. Hmm. Sounds a bit off.

And it's the same thing with bands: Pink Floyd is great/are great? Using your logic, Pink Floyd refers to one band, so it should be 'is'. But then, what about The Beatles? Is or are?

I guess the best answer is to use whatever sounds right to you and try to be consistent.

As an aside, I'll lay a bet that you use the word 'none' as a plural, as in 'I asked for examples, but there were none". If you do, you'd be in the majority, but also technically incorrect. 'None is a contraction of 'not one' or 'no-one' and is singular.

I'm only mentioning this because you started with the grammar coppery. :p

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- Bill Farnham 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Frank Donovan
  
  The New York Giants is hard to beat. Hmm. Sounds a bit off.
  
  Frank, your example here includes an "s" making the noun plural. So "are" would be the correct usage in your example and not "is".
  
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  Frank Donovan 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Bill Farnham
  
  Frank, your example here includes an "s" making the noun plural. So "are" would be the correct usage in your example and not "is".
  
  ~Bill
  
  Okay, so The New York Giants are a football team, but when you shorten the noun to New York (as in Steven's example), it becomes singular?
  
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  Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Frank Donovan
  
  Okay, so The New York Giants are a football team, but when you shorten the noun to New York (as in Steven's example), it becomes singular?
  
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  Yes, it becomes singular.
  
  I never said English grammar made sense.
  
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KimW

14 years ago

Steven,
Check your PMs, but I have to tell you right now it has nothing to do with KJ and his Antartica efforts.

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Banned 14 years ago

No- Thank you, Steven. I didn't realize I was doing that, and I'm clad you pointed it out.

However, when people say: "No wonder New Zealand are so hard to beat" they're correct because collectively New Zealand are a team of players.

I'm not an English teacher, however, I think it has something to do with the "context" as well.

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ZigZag

No- Thank you, Steven. I didn't realize I was doing that, and I'm clad you pointed it out.

However, when people say: "New Zealand are so hard to beat" they're correct because collectively New Zealand are a team of players.

I'm not an English teacher, however, I think it has something to do with the "context" as well.

But it doesn't work that way, at least not where I grow up.

Take for example the Pittsburgh Pirates, a baseball team in the US.

If you use Pirates as the subject, you'd say, "The Pirates are a good team."

However, if you use Pittsburgh as the subject, you'd say "Pittsburgh is
a good team."

Otherwise, every baseball announcer in this country needs to go back to
school.

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Bill Farnham

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

But it doesn't work that way, at least not where I grow up.

OK, time for another new thread...

~Bill

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

OK, time for another new thread...

~Bill

Yes, you're right. It should be not where I grew up.

See, this disease is catching.

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

Let me go on record as saying that my grammar is NOT perfect. So what I
try to do is write simply enough so that the chances of making mistakes are
kept to a minimum.

And usually, if I proofread my stuff, I can pick out where I screwed up.

I'm willing to bet that most of these people wouldn't know bad grammar
from a hole in the wall.

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Bill Farnham

14 years ago

On a serious note, I rarely make a post that even after proofreading I don't go back and see a spelling mistake or two I made. So I almost never look at others mistakes in a bad light because of my own clay feet in this area.

Unless the thread is about spelling/grammer to begin with...:p

~Bill

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

On a serious note, I rarely make a post that even after proofreading I don't go back and see a spelling mistake or two I made. So I almost never look at others mistakes in a bad light because of my own clay feet in this area.

Unless the thread is about spelling/grammer to begin with...:p

~Bill

This is known as the "Kurt's Rule of Posting" and it states that no spelling or grammar mistakes can be noticed until the "post" button has been clicked.

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Bill Farnham 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

This is known as the "Kurt's Rule of Posting" and it states that no spelling or grammar mistakes can be noticed until the "post" button has been clicked.

Truer words were never spoken...or typed...or whatever correctly goes here...

~Bill
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HeySal

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Take for example the Pittsburgh Pirates, a baseball team in the US.

If you use Pirates as the subject, you'd say, "The Pirates are a good team."

Steve - "The Pirates is a good team" is correct, although it sounds funny as heck because we would usually think of Pirates (with an "s" at the end) as a plural. In this case it is not. It is a proper noun depicting ONE team. The team is a good team. The Pirates is a good team. All of the Pirates are good. Sometime right doesn't always sound it.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Steve - "The Pirates is a good team" is correct, although it sounds funny as heck because we would usually think of Pirates (with an "s" at the end) as a plural. In this case it is not. It is a proper noun depicting ONE team. The team is a good team. The Pirates is a good team. All of the Pirates are good. Sometime right doesn't always sound it.

Then every sportscaster in the US needs to go back to school.

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whateverpedia 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Then every sportscaster in the US needs to go back to school.

You mean sportscasters actually went to school in the first place?
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- Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  You mean sportscasters actually went to school in the first place?
  
  No, I'm serious. I mean listen to any game when they talk about the team.
  
  "The Mets are in San Diego tomorrow"
  
  Keith Hernandez doesn't say the Mets is in San Diego tomorrow.
  
  Nobody does.
  
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  Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago
  
  Here are some more.
  
  The Mets are in first place
  
  The Mets are on a two game losing streak
  
  The Mets are scheduled to fly to fly to Florida today at 3 PM
  
  The Mets are the only team to never pitch a no hitter.
  
  Are you telling me ALL these are wrong?
  
  I find that extremely hard to believe.
  
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  Bill Farnham 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  The Mets are scheduled to fly to fly to Florida today at 3 PM.
  
  Well, there's an obvious flaw in the above sentence. Can you spot it?
  
  That's right...
  
  They're scheduled to fly at 4 PM.
  
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KimW

14 years ago

Here is another gross abuse of "are"!

All your base are belong to us.

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Here is another gross abuse of "are"!

All your base are belong to us.

Flash Movie: All Your Base are Belong to Us

LMFA...OMG, that could be a hit record.

But that sentence doesn't work with are or is.
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Kevin Perry

14 years ago

Don't you find that you're being naive to the fact that there are so many people here from other countries that don't use English as their first language?

Yes, it is quite annoying at times to try to decipher what people are trying to say, but they are giving it their best effort. For that reason, I usually don't use a foreigner for article writing, but I do appreciate their IM knowledge.

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JayXtreme

14 years ago

You is really bitching over this?...

Is you crazy?... or just lacking in a social life?.... are place is not to question why!

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JayXtreme

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Not that I want to be a grammar cop,

Well don't start threads about Grammar cop type subjects, then

I is well bored of this shizz...

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

Originally Posted by JayXtreme

I is well bored of this shizz...

As I's new u wood bee. :p
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- Jonathan 2.0 Banned 14 years ago
  
  I thought this was going to be a good thread about grammar, but it's just Steven playing "Silly Buger."
  
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JoeVincent

14 years ago

The unfortunate side-result of an internet based universe is that people who never had any business writing are now communicating via the written word.
The "is/are" thing...
The poor spelling of easy words...for instance, two 'o's in "Loser".
And of course, the whole abbreviation abberation of 'u' for 'you', 'r' for 'are', etc...as if typing a three letter word is SO difficult.

Fun topic.

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shahrulfaizi

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Not that I want to be a grammar cop, because I'm not, but I find it amazing
the number of people at this forum (in the world for that matter) who don't
know when to use "is" and "are"

Is = singular
Are = plural.

Sophia Loren is a hot woman.

Sophia Loren is ONE person, singular, so we use is.

Raquel Welch and Sophia Loren are hot women.

Raquel and Sophia are two women, plural, so we use are.

Now, I know there are some oddballs like

Bacon and eggs is a good breakfast.

The reason we use is in this case is because bacon and eggs, as a
breakfast, is considered one thing.

But when I see stuff like "No Wonder NZ are so hard to beat" it drives
me crazy.

NZ (New Zealand) is not a plural. It is ONE country.

You don't say "The United States are a world power". You say "The
United States is a world power". It's one country.

Yeah, I know...I'm going to get a boat load of people telling me what a
so and so I am for posting this and how people don't care how they
write at a forum and yada, yada, yada, all the excuses. And I'm sure
not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.

But for crying out loud, has our communication with the world reached
the point where many of us can't write above a 3rd grade level?

Anyway, give me your best shot.

I know it's coming.

(Crawling into bunker)

Wow.. thanks for the tips.. I'm new here.. I want try to speak English.. If my writing in this forum not correct. Please tell me..

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

Originally Posted by article_ghostwriter

After 30 replies, no one has cottoned on to the main reason for this discrepancy - namely, British English and American English have different rules for some plurals and singulars.

"The difference occurs for all nouns of multitude, both general terms such as team and company and proper nouns (for example, where a place name is used to refer to a sports team). For instance:
BrE: The Clash are a well-known band; AmE: The Clash is a well-known band.
BrE: Spain are the champions; AmE: Spain is the champion."

Many believe that the Queen's English is the correct version.

And that's fine. I have no problem with that. But when people obviously
have no idea when to use what (admittedly mostly non English speaking
people) it drives me nuts.

How do you expect to communicate effectively in your business if your
grammar is so awful that it gives prospects the impression (right or wrong)
that maybe you're not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

Like it or not, impressions matter. And if you give people the impression
that you can't communicate at an 8th grade level, at minimum, how much
money are you going to make with your business unless you simply have
others do all the work (especially the writing) for you?

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MikeAmbrosio 14 years ago

Originally Posted by article_ghostwriter

Many believe that the Queen's English is the correct version.

Especially the English

Personally, I don't never give much thought to grammar correctness...

Unless I need to.

Which, when working for myself - from home - are hardly never.
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  Many believe that the Queen's English is the correct version.
  
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Originally Posted by article_ghostwriter

Many believe that the Queen's English is the correct version.

What she said.

And incidentally, while I'm here, we don't say "the Queen's English" because there is no King. The King's English is French.
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MikeAmbrosio

14 years ago

LOL

This are the funniest post I read in a while. Almost made me loose my my lunch!

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio

LOL

This are the funniest post I read in a while. Almost made me loose my my lunch!

Ha, ha...another wise ass heard from.

What is it with you New Yorkers anyway?
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  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  Ha, ha...another wise ass heard from.
  
  What is it with you New Yorkers anyway?
  
  Don't get too excited... I am a native of New Joisey
  
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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

Add "would of" and "could of" to the list.

I'm so glad someone else is as p1ssed off with that one as I am (or should that be I is

).

Add "should of" to the list as well.

That's it, rant over.

Carry on.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

Add "would of" and "could of" to the list.

Those phrases are not flagged by spellcheckers.

Oh yes, 'would of' and 'could of'...I am always correcting my kids on that one. Their reply is always ' yeah Mam, whatever'.
Actually the misuse of apostrophes is my pet hate.

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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

I could of pointed out all of the mistakes you made, but I won't so don't aks me too, don't tell me their aren't no options, ect. ect.

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MikeAmbrosio

14 years ago

My personal 'favorite' is "brought" instead of "bought"...

"Yo Dude! Check out the new car I just brought!"

"My husband took me to the jewelry store and brought me these earrings..."

"Hey man - those are my cigarettes! I just brought them at the gas station!"

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HeySal

14 years ago

It's a tough call on the "the Mets" are. It sounds correct, doesn't it?
"The Mets" is a team. In the sentence "The Mets are in town, however - Mets can go either way.

"They ARE in town today"
Or
"The team IS in town today"

Both are correct. In the sentence "The Mets are in town today", are they being named collectively, or is the team being announced singularly?
If you want to be extremely correct about this usage, either way could be considered correct and "are" will be used because it will sound more aesthetically comfortable in that case. I always just figure that people are speaking of the individuals on the team collectively (all of, they) when "are" is used instead of the team being spoken of as one entity.

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14 years ago

Who is you talking about?

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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

I don't give a rip about which is "correct", I will continue to say "The Pirates are a baseball team", and will also continue to think "The Pirates is a good team" sounds dumb. Correct or not.

The broadcasters don't need to go back to school, the people who can't get over it need to give them a break.

But, I don't think that's what Steve is relly talking about in the OP. I can almost guarantee NOBODY here gets their grammar right all of the time. In fact, I would go so far as to say nobody even knows all of the rules of grammar.

Just do your best to get the basics right.

If you are a non-native English speaker then I give you credit for writing our complicated language the best you can. Is and are can be more complicated than we may at first think, as the ensuing discussion has so aptly demonstrated.

The idea that a group of individuals, when referred to as a single unit requires the use of the singular is not always true.

What if you are referring to the collective form of you as a single group of people?

You is going to the store.

Okay, you could argue that the proper pronoun for the plural collective is they.

They is going to the store.

Nope, in both cases replacing the word is with are makes the sentence correct. So, extend that to the example of the Pirates as a team and ask which pronoun you would replace the team name with, that will help you choose the better form of the verb.

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Kurt

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Oksa

I don't give a rip about which is "correct", I will continue to say "The Pirates are a baseball team", and will also continue to think "The Pirates is a good team" sounds dumb. Correct or not.

I agree, it sounds really dumb. Have you seen the Pirates play this year?

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Michael Oksa 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

I agree, it sounds really dumb. Have you seen the Pirates play this year?

LOL

Nice try, Kurt!

That's why I used the generic Pirates as opposed to the more specific Pittsburgh Pirates.

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  Nice try, Kurt!
  
  That's why I used the generic Pirates as opposed to the more specific Pittsburgh Pirates.
  
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  Considering the seasons the Pitsburg Pirates, Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Bucs have all had this year, seems the only swashbuckler having a good year is Johnny Depp.
  
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HeySal

14 years ago

Well this is fun. Now lets discuss the hypothetical "were" in sentences such as "If I were Queen".

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Kay King 14 years ago

What if you are referring to the collective form of you as a single group of people?

The answer is y'all (I are in the South).

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14 years ago

Are you sure this is what you really mean?

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14 years ago

I just wanted to say that, as a former language teacher, I've really enjoyed reading through this thread. Although this is mostly because it's been fun to watch you all bickering with each other!

There's just one point I'd like to add to the discussion. I think people usually type their posts really quickly - often whilst focusing on other tasks, such as listening to music, writing emails or ousting the cat from on top of the computer speaker - that it's no surprise that so many typographical/grammatical errors creep into their text.

Andrea, The English Webmistress

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The-English-Webmistress is really Andrea, who went backpacking the world, accidentally landed in Panama, Central America, and never left. (Beaches! Mountains! Hot latin music! PiÃ±a Coladas!) She doesn't miss the London commute AT ALL...

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It's Amazing How Many People Here Don't Know When To Use "Is" Or "Are"

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