Bored at work and wanted to post something

brado09 · 07-09-2007

Came across this question while reading Grant Wahl's soccer mailbag on si.com. Just curious if anyone from this board posted the question:

Something has confounded me over the past couple of years, yet no one has been able to help me. Whenever I hear an announcer or fan say something like, "Italy are the World Champions," or "Liverpool are playing Milan," it bugs me that there is no subject-verb agreement. Do they use the plural form of the verb because they are referring to a team with more than one player? When discussing sports here, people would say, "Arizona plays in the NL West," or "The Wildcats will make the Rose Bowl this year." While potentially unrealistic, it is grammatically correct. Will you please explain this to me? I need to be able to sleep at night.
-- Marcus, Phoenix

biz cat · 07-09-2007

Marcus are a douchebag.

Chicat · 07-09-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by brado09

"The Wildcats will make the Rose Bowl this year."

Northwestern?

popque · 07-09-2007

Sun Devils sucks.

So do Duke.

07-09-2007	#1
brado09 GOAZCATS.com Junior Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 339 Rep Power: 4010983	Bored at work and wanted to post something Came across this question while reading Grant Wahl's soccer mailbag on si.com. Just curious if anyone from this board posted the question: Something has confounded me over the past couple of years, yet no one has been able to help me. Whenever I hear an announcer or fan say something like, "Italy are the World Champions," or "Liverpool are playing Milan," it bugs me that there is no subject-verb agreement. Do they use the plural form of the verb because they are referring to a team with more than one player? When discussing sports here, people would say, "Arizona plays in the NL West," or "The Wildcats will make the Rose Bowl this year." While potentially unrealistic, it is grammatically correct. Will you please explain this to me? I need to be able to sleep at night. -- Marcus, Phoenix __________________ “Our program is different. Our program is used to being in this situation, because that's the biggest problem in terms of turning a program around is that you have to realize - and our guys do - that every time you come out you have 'Arizona' on your chest. We're used to that.” - Lute Olson

07-09-2007	#4
popque GOAZCATS.com Hall of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: ...now in the K-dub! Posts: 3,687 Rep Power: 21474863	Sun Devils sucks. So do Duke. __________________ no longer a hostage to Goat's fan club. Boo, Goat

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