By Plurals, Football

Either one will do. Couple is grammatically singular but two people are needed to form a couple. Especially in British English a plural verb is often used if many people are involved: England are up four to two. That's what a British sports commentator would say about a football match. I...

In BrE, one can use the singular or plural when referring to a team. It can England are leading OR England is leading. In AmE, the singular is used. This is another case of BrE vs AmE.

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess this...

Optilang- Is that how it is said on sportscasts in England? The team uses a plural verb, even if the noun (England/Manchester United/etc.) is singular? In the US, we'd use the plural only when talking about the team name which is usually plural, eg The Yakees are losing./ New York is...

So dear why is your answer wrong if you chose leads ? Anyway, this is a different dituation really. Sometimes you can both use colloective nouns as either singular or plural. For example: Her parents are bad: Her mom and dad... Her parents is bad: WE mean both the mother and...

Please check the following definitions of game from Merriam-Webster Dictionary. My questions will appear in red in superscript position. 1game 1 a (1): activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : play (2): the equipment for a game b: often derisive or mocking jesting : fun, sport <make...

First of all, I must apologise. I confused everythnig with my confused mind. I will try to explain again if you want to read. Bob is one of those people who LIKE (likes?) to watch football. -- Comment this sentence like that: In this sentence "who" gives an explanation of "those people"....

Bob is one of those people who LIKE (likes?) to watch football. -- Comment this sentence like that:: For example, there are four people who likes to watch football. Bob, Ana, Barbara and Deniz. Bob is one of them and yo uare talking about Bob. In your sentence, Ana, Barbara and Deniz are "those...

I hope everyone on the forum is wellCould someone be so kind to check the highlighted words for me. I'm a bit confused as to whether I should in fact be using are instead of is, or usual a plural etc!As always, many thanks!Bob is one of those people who LIKE (likes?) to watch football.Marxism is...