Wrong grammar

[Hannah Bee]

*is

you're welcome.

 

[Jonathan]

Shut up duck face.

 

[Hannah Bee]

But the definition of the word "crowd" is "A large number of people gathered together, typically in a disorganized or unruly way.", I'm sure that plural rules apply here.

Back to your jury example wwerules, would you say "The jury are upset", or "The jury is upset"?

I get your side now Crayo. It's different in Brit. Eng..

BUT, since there are more people using the American English as their standard, I think you should be the one adjusting. )

- If they don't act as a single body, they use plural rules.

- "The jury is upset" when they act as a single body, "Some members of the jury is upset" when they don't

 

[seabs]

I already made the obligatory duck face comment, Jonathan :gtfo: wannabe :jeritroll:

 

[Hannah Bee]

Shut up duck face.

:finger:

 

[seabs]

Also did you ask to use her face in your sig, if not that's kinda creepy lol.

 

[Hannah Bee]

Also did you ask to use her face in your sig, if not that's kinda creepy lol.

HUH? :dafuq:

 

[seabs]

HUH? :dafuq:

Jonathan's sig, it's got a part of yours cut out and says duckface on it lol.

 

[Hannah Bee]

Jonathan's sig, it's got a part of yours cut out and says duckface on it lol.

Shizz was banned. >:O

And it's not only Johnathan who did that. D

 

[seabs]

Ah ok, it would kind of creep me out if someone did that to me lol but if you're cool with it.

 

[Robbie Coletrain]

Ah ok, it would kind of creep me out if someone did that to me lol but if you're cool with it.

Didn't Crayo do it to you when you called him a super sexy stud?

 

[Wacokid27]

Relax. I'm here.

Okay, the statement is "The crowd are cheering.", which is both correct and incorrect.

It is correct in British English, which allows for the supposition that the phrase "People in" is to automatically precede it.

However, American English is a bit plainer and less sophisticated (btw, for the record, I am a Houston, Texas-born, University of Texas-educated, former Social Studies (that's history, government, economics, and geography for the noobs) and English teacher) and does not automatically pre-suppose the phrase "People in" as a prerequisite for the statement and treats all "grouping singular nouns" as simple singular ones. Therefore, in American English, "The crowd is cheering." would be correct.

In effect, either could be considered correct. I hope that makes things clear as mud.

"The English and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language." -- George Bernard Shaw

You're welcome.

wk

 

[seabs]

Didn't Crayo do it to you when you called him a super sexy stud?

He didn't just take it though lol, it was a thing I agreed to do. If he had just took a picture of mine from the picture thread I'd be pretty freaked out lol.

 

[Crayo]

Relax. I'm here.

Okay, the statement is "The crowd are cheering.", which is both correct and incorrect.

It is correct in British English, which allows for the supposition that the phrase "People in" is to automatically precede it.

However, American English is a bit plainer and less sophisticated (btw, for the record, I am a Houston, Texas-born, University of Texas-educated, former Social Studies (that's history, government, economics, and geography for the noobs) and English teacher) and does not automatically pre-suppose the phrase "People in" as a prerequisite for the statement and treats all "grouping singular nouns" as simple singular ones. Therefore, in American English, "The crowd is cheering." would be correct.

In effect, either could be considered correct. I hope that makes things clear as mud.

"The English and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language." -- George Bernard Shaw

You're welcome.

wk

Booyah, exactly what I said pages back in way less detail (about US English). Come at me GrammarNazi.

 

[Hannah Bee]

Ah ok, it would kind of creep me out if someone did that to me lol but if you're cool with it.

I am, just not outside the site.

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Booyah, exactly what I said pages back in way less detail (about US English). Come at me GrammarNazi.

Legal rep. for GrammarNazi!

Since a lot of people in the world uses American English as their standard (haha @ the eurofags), I think it should follow US Eng. D

 

[GrammarNazi82]

I get your side now Crayo. It's different in Brit. Eng..

BUT, since there are more people using the American English as their standard, I think you should be the one adjusting. )

- If they don't act as a single body, they use plural rules.

- "The jury is upset" when they act as a single body, "Some members of the jury are upset" when they don't

Checking back in from the Raw thread to say ..... THIS.

Stop arguing with the two grammar-wise women of the forum.

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Booyah, exactly what I said pages back in way less detail (about US English). Come at me GrammarNazi.

Yes, you said it in FAR less detail than Waco did. Plus I like Wako; he can get away with that.

I agree, to you "The crowd are" sounds and is correct as far as you're concerned, because that's what your language dictates. However, for the U.S. American English standard, it is incredibly wrong and makes me want to punch someone in the throat when I see it written that way. So, there you have it.

I'm with RKO; it needs to be changed to American English.

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Legal rep. for GrammarNazi!

Since a lot of people in the world uses American English as their standard (haha @ the eurofags), I think it should follow US Eng. D

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