Professor Did Alright

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  1. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

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    dreamboy3000, May 26, 2009
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    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    Is this the correct grammar?

    &quot;how many goals is Arsenal going to score?&quot; and &quot;But Arsenal is not average - in fact they have scored...&quot;</p>

    </p>

    Is it correc to say IS arsenal or should it be ARE arsenal?</p>
     
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    He may be correct their is only one Arsenal and the grammar is singular but it looks untidy to me.
     
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    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    It doesn't lok right to me either but as people might have noticed I'm not exactly Shakespeare or Rob Knowles :D
     
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    THERE IS ONLY ONE ARSENAL, NOT THEIR!!!!!!! nt
     
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    Uses "is" followed by "they"

    Rubbish if you ask me, Arsenal "are" a team, a collective therefore the use of "is" is incorrect and it should be "are".
     
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    The use of "is" in that context

    Is an Americanism. In English, it should always be "are".
     
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    Looks odd, doesn't it?

    Personally in that context I'd always use 'are' but I'm not sure it's actually wrong per se. At work, for instance, we've got a team called the 'Green Team' and it would be perfectly acceptable IMO to say either "The Green Team are helping us this week" or "The Green Team is helping us this week". You get the same problem with companies - should it be "Virgin Atlantic has posted a profit this week" or "Virgin Atlantic have posted a profit this week"?
     
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    Anyway is this professor going to win us much money with his plan?
     
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    If you go by his win or loss predictions, then I think a lot would pay out. However, I think the actual score predictions aren't going to win you much.
     
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    much as it doesn't look right I believe 'is' is correct. nt
     
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    Hope your family is well

    :D
     
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    Both are correct. Although in English we are more likely

    to use 'are'. The Yanks on the other hand would use 'is'. But we're English.
     
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