Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale

Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by chrisseaton on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:32PM (#26857597)

If all you want is some evidence that it is considered normal in British English, then for example Fowler's under 'collective nouns' on page 162 of the current edition which says exactly that:

> In British English it is in order to use either a plural verb or a singular verb after most collective nouns, so long as attendant pronouns are made to follow suit.

And then it follows on with examples from British literature in the wild such as news reports on how 'MI5 were living in the past'.

Or for example this BBC article

https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/l...

> The BBC is / are planning to introduce 35 minute news broadcasts in the spring.

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Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by OJFord on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:45PM (#26857710)

> it is in order to use either

So you object to my correction rather than consider the inverse solely correct?

Fair enough. I have hitherto considered 'the company have announced' incorrect; I'll check that, but I don't like it for my own use.

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Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by chrisseaton on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:48PM (#26857725)

> So you object to my correction rather than consider the inverse solely correct?

Yes. People aren't mistaken when they use the version that is more unique to British English.

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Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale by OJFord on Sunday April 18, 2021 @08:10PM (#26857854)

I stand by that principle, (in fact I'd be tempted to say something stronger, heh) I'd just never recognised this as an example of it.

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