Stevescotia Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Does a band's name count as a collective noun and follow the rules?
0 I was under the impression that when using a collective noun the singular should be used when the noun is acting as a unit. Does this apply to a musical band's name? eg. "Coldplay is putting on a show tonight" sounds fine but "The Killers is putting on a show tonight" obviously jars because of the plural in the name itself. Can anybody inform me the rules governing this, if indeed there are any. 0-
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0 I'm not certain. 02 br 02 br 00 However, I'd say that band names function in a similar fashion to sports teams. " Likewise, I might say "Coldplay are putting on a show tonight.
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0 I'm not certain. 02 br
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00 However, I'd say that band names function in a similar fashion to sports teams. If I were writing about the Utah Jazz, I would say "The Jazz 01 font 00 are 02 font 00 playing tonight." Using that construction I could stay consistent when I replaced "The Jazz" with the pronoun 01 font
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00 However, I'd say that band names function in a similar fashion to sports teams. If I were writing about the Utah Jazz, I would say "The Jazz 01 font 00 are 02 font 00 playing tonight." Using that construction I could stay consistent when I replaced "The Jazz" with the pronoun 01 font
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