Is Oz a cricket team? In British English, often groups, companies, or teams are treated as third person plural, not third person singular. In American English, groups, companies, teams are considered singular. So you will see some variation

Hi Teleostomi I suggest you forget all about Google. Since there are millions of German people, Australian people etc., you don't need the article when you refer to them all in a general sense: German people are said to be hard-working. (I would

Hi, When referring to one particulr sport, eg soccer. say 'sport'. For two, eg soccer and cricket, say the plural 'sports'. When making a more general reference to all such activities, I'd say 'sports' is the more common word, but 'sport' is

Hello S&c You use 'little' if 'opportunity' is singular, and 'few' if it's plural, e.g. 1. 'She has little opportunity to play cricket.' 2. 'She has few opportunities to play cricket.' MrP

Soccer, cricket, squash - which of these sports do you prefer? The use of "sports" is correct in your post above, because sport is a singular noun. If one needs to refer to two or more of them collectively, the plural form

Hi, I've got a few english questions. I could probably find the answers in a dictionary, try Swan - Practical English Usage but I like the interactivity of this newsgroup. I'm not really sure how to use "indeed". It seems that

Perhaps you are indulging in postmodern irony, and I am ... represents a plural or a possessive is an interesting question. Laying aside my mighty impressment that Edward is apparently a Member, that's not unfair. But I could dig out any ...

Yep, all valid. I can think of a few more: data media innings (as in my beloved sport; cricket) odds By the way, I didn't know about the Euro one - I don't come from a country that deals in euro(s)???

Can we say throw a cricket match ? You can in American English, but cricket matches are talked about more often in British English than in American English, ... this sense in Britain. One can certainly throw a baseball game. Well, one can't,