http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htm#337469Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:00:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:337469UncleCnn0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htm#337469http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-337469.xmlt without that 's', then it isn't English you speak. My Analyses: 1. The verb 'look' is defining the action done by the noun 'team'. 2. The noun 'team' is a collective word which means a set of persons or animals working together, so it is a singular word just like 'soldier'. 3. Recall: All singular nouns take singular verbs-which in most cases ends in 's'. Therefore, "MY TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO...." is both semantically and synthactically correct. NB: The first and third person singular pronoun of 'I' and 'He' has nothing to do here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htm#133809Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:133809Forbes1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htm#133809http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-133809.xmlIn British English (I cannot speak for American English) it is acceptable to treat collective nouns as plural. English grammar sometimes looks to the sense, rather than the form. Collective nouns may be felt by English speakers to be plural for the simple reason that they consist of more than one thing. Sometimes, the form of the verb will be influenced by what follows: The committee are fools. (You are thinking of the individual members of the committee.) The committee is incompetent. (You are thinking of the committee as a whole.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htm#133745Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:00:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:133745Swollib2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htm#133745http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-133745.xmlThe first one is correct. The second one makes no sense, sorry! Leonhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 05:00:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:109802Guest3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThatAnnoyingS/bzzpq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-109802.xmlWhich is correct: "My team looks forward to..." or "My team look forward to..." Instinctively, I would choose the later. The best reason I can give for this is the connection between the personal 'my', and the two natural examples of 'I look forward', and 'He looks forward'. Using this rule, the more personal approach of 'My team' would be in the context of 'look forward'; and alternatively 'The team' should then be followed by 'looks forward'. I do not know how technically acurate this assumption is, though. Maybe it just sounds good. Thank you.