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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?
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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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.
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