Northern Monkey Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Dyer been one of our best players so far, if not the best IMO. Shame he didn't keep it up for the whole game. He was shown up as not good enough, overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smoggeordie Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 England was poor yesterday were Grammatically, England was poor yesterday, is actually the correct version. 'England' is not a plural. To say, England were poor yesterday, you would have to say 'the England players'. [/pedant] England (national team) is plural. England (as a country) is singular. England were struggling to hit the ball off the square... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6287095.stm The disappointing thing was that England were absolutely cruising until Holland... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6152906.stm England were booed off at full-time... ....etc etc etc Put 'England was' into Word. It's like you have to have a bloody English degree before you can post on here nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 it is "England were" in british english. the yanks would say "england was", strange that they can speak our language better than us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Don't stress, i was just kidding. TECHNICALLY, and very very technically, and with perfect grammar, it's 'England was'. Only in sports language would you saw 'England were'. Which is why i put a comical '[/pedant]' at the end of my post. Wish i hadn't said anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Only in sports language would you saw 'England were'. See. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Normally, the word England means the country, but in this context, it refers to 11 players. One is singular, the other plural. 'England were' feels much more comfortable to me. (Must remember to get a life some time) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hagler Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 it's like you have to have a bloody English degree before you can post on here nowadays. i know its like most people do a days work... go home have a few cold ones and couldent spell to save their lives....then get blasted on the forums for no reason...other than having an opinion on which we cant spell...............are there goths on here now or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Being a grammar pedant is cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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