To: xp38
Russia stun Spain with penalty shootout win to reach quarter finals Is "Russia" a plural? What's the singular? Russius?
8 posted on
07/01/2018 1:30:18 PM PDT by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no gstandards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
I don’t know...It’s the english Telegraph. Maybe they don’t know their own language.
9 posted on
07/01/2018 1:33:05 PM PDT by
xp38
To: Texas Eagle
Many countries consider a word representating a group as plural. I hear it on foreign sports announcing a lot. It is very awkward to my ear and incorrect in USA standard English. They would say “The team are... “.
13 posted on
07/01/2018 1:40:03 PM PDT by
Freee-dame
(Best election ever!)
To: Texas Eagle
Is "Russia" a plural? What's the singular? Russius? That's British English. If something comprises a collection of things, even if the word itself is singular, it's treated as a plural. Which, to an American, is singular.
15 posted on
07/01/2018 1:49:43 PM PDT by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Texas Eagle
Most of the world including the English speaking part does not have American English subject verb agreement.
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