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Re:Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" by CalmQuiet on Monday February 23, 2009 @03:26PM (#492163)
And if you get any news from bbc.co.uk or read British bloggers you'll get accustomed to sports teams and corporations being considered plural. e.g.: "Apple today are releasing..."
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Re:Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" by electromagnetic on Monday February 23, 2009 @06:35PM (#492402)
Well it's accurate, a corporation isn't an individual and when you're dealing with big business it is always controlled by multiple people so any decision is decided by a group.
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Re:Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" by rationalbeaver on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @11:19AM (#493206)
Actually a corporation is, legally, an individual.
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Re:Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" by lutorm on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @04:48PM (#493652)
Unless I'm mistaken, that absurd notion is only entertained in the US.
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Re:Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" by Angostura on Thursday February 26, 2009 @03:37PM (#496371)
Nope. I am British and used to be a journalist. The first place I worked had a very large sign on the wall:

"Companies are singular".

Which indeed they are, although staffed by multiple individuals.

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Re:Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" by jd on Wednesday February 25, 2009 @11:04AM (#494494)
It also works like that in the Netherlands.
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