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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Query for Brit-speakers #188768 01/15/2010 2:57 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I have been messaging back and forth with my young Italian friend, and mentioned that some of my non-native English speaking friends seem to have learned British English. He asked me to come up with some examples, and I thought of one that raised a question in my mind. Okay--I know that you-all consider at least some group nouns as plural: The family are coming to watch the daughter play basketball; the team have been doing very well this season. (OH that sounds so wrong to my ears!) Does this follow along in every instance? Do you-all say, for ex., The team have ten eager substitute players? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Query for Brit-speakers Jackie #188783 01/15/2010 9:15 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water All three hurt my ears ! ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Query for Brit-speakers Jackie #188788 01/15/2010 10:47 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh the team have been doing very well this season It still sounds funny to me, but obviously quite normal to folks from the UK when the Beatles sang: When you're listening late at night, You may think the band are not quite right, But they are, They just play it like that. [Northern Song] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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