tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563159939055819255.post5077187682863360147..comments2015-12-03T01:57:13.907+01:00Comments on Alisabroad: Football+Grammar=???Alisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02183048846172777065noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563159939055819255.post-72046689794637366192012-03-11T21:05:19.164+01:002012-03-11T21:05:19.164+01:00Right, and so to keep with what is traditionally d...Right, and so to keep with what is traditionally done with American English it WOULD be "The Packers is my favorite football team." It just sounds so wrong because "Packers" seems plural. But if you were to take a team whose name doesn't end in 's,' it does sound right...for example "The Utah Jazz is my favorite basketball team" sounds more right than "The Utah Jazz are my favorite basketball team," which sounds very British to my ears. All so confusing! My poor students.Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02183048846172777065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563159939055819255.post-88502179910205097652012-03-09T20:59:30.849+01:002012-03-09T20:59:30.849+01:00I think it has to do with collective nouns. From t...I think it has to do with collective nouns. From this Wikipedia article: "Confusion often stems from the fact that plural verb forms are often used in British English with the singular forms of these count nouns (for example: 'The team have finished the project.')"<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun<br /><br />Maybe?!Kaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043347706892408505noreply@blogger.com