Wrong grammar

[Hannah Bee]

*is

you're welcome.

 

[Solidus1]

ARE is present, and plural.
CROWD is plural.
You can't use a singular after a plural. If you were right, "the people is", would be a perfectly acceptably sentence, which it is not.

 

[Rysenberg]

This thread reminds me Seabs I have some evidence to prove I was right against you in a grammar-related argument a couple of months ago.

 

[Asskicker]

Where is @[GrammarNazi82] to solve all this shenanigans?

 

[Rysenberg]

Why don't we just make it say "The crowd cheers." Then everyone can be happy. XD

Yeah but that wouldn't be right 1:

 

[seabs]

This thread reminds me Seabs I have some evidence to prove I was right against you in a grammar-related argument a couple of months ago.

Bro come at me, just give me a few months to prepare a reply.

 

[Mike.]

also is would suggest its happenign right now and i dont hear any cheering

 

[Rysenberg]

Bro come at me, just give me a few months to prepare a reply.

Oooh burn. At least my argument was correct unlike your pishy one.

 

[Crayo]

ARE is present, and plural.
CROWD is plural.
You can't use a singular after a plural. If you were right, "the people is", would be a perfectly acceptably sentence, which it is not.

That's exactly what I thought, though after some research apparently in US English "is" is the correct term, though that's based on one persons post, that could be wrong.

 

[Hannah Bee]

You're doing a duckface, any arguments you have made are now invalid ipebomb:

It's not a duckface, it's a kissy face.

 

[GrammarNazi82]

The grammar is completely fine there... unless I'm missing something. "The crowd is cheering" implies it's one person, one thing, when it's not. There are multiple people in the crowd, so it's right to be "the crowd are cheering".

No....No, no, no. It's the crowd IS cheering. it may be a group, but it's still singular. People ARE cheering. THE crowd IS cheering.

Same with "couple" -- the couple is eating breakfast.

 

[Hannah Bee]

 

[Brother Loathe]

NO.

It's never correct.

It's a collective noun. It's considered as one because they were all "cheering". They had the same interest, whatever the number. DO YOU CALL THE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE COURT "JURIES" when they have arrived in one decision? NO. You call them "The jury..." right?

The crowds is cheering? Watch out, we got a chav over here. :badass:

 

[seabs]

Oooh burn. At least my argument was correct unlike your pishy one.

I like how we're going off an a little tangent here :haha: . I'm never wrong, at least I don't think I ever have been

 

[Hannah Bee]

No....No, no, no. It's the crowd IS cheering. it may be a group, but it's still singular. People ARE cheering. THE crowd IS cheering.

Same with "couple" -- the couple is eating breakfast.

Thank you, Madam Grammar! >

NOW, WHO'S RIGHT YOU BITCHES!

 

[GrammarNazi82]

It can be "the crowdS ARE cheering" or "the crowd IS cheering."

The crowd are cheering is just all kinds of wrong and doesn't even sound right.