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rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

Does this make sense?

ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

"Is" or "has" are better verbs in this sentence.

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

England are a great country

Why do Americans say "New Englanders" when we say that people from England are British?

Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

When I think of a team I think "they" not "it", so "are" seems right to me...

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Ok. Let's take a team: Philadelphia Flyers.

When I refer to them by the city name, I say "Philadelphia is good". Although I sometimes use "are" here. When I refer to them by the team name, I say "The Flyers are good".

I don't think it matters, really. Depends how you're thinking of the team in your head. You definitely wouldn't say "It's good" instead of "They're good". You know? You point to the team on the ice or the field. Do you say, "It's a good team." No. I guess you could say "That's a good team". "They" though has a more human quality to it.

Again, it's not important.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

I think it differs depending on whether you are referring to the organization or the players as a group of individuals.

"Boston has a good baseball team. They are good. Boston is good (in the context of baseball)."

All seem correct to me. Very Happy

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

then would you say, "England be a good team?"

Doesn't it just boil down to symantics and what a culture or group deems correct among themselves? This reminds me of a book/article my wife read about Linguists studying Ebonics and saying that "the language has structure and is used correctly...etc...etc."

I guess it really depends on what the person learning that specific language wants to learn i.e. which dialect, which vocabulary, which grammar structure, etc.

Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Except that the Flyers suck.

khyber · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction

no.
England ain't a good team

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

An Englishman wouldn't say "England are a good country" would he?? That would blow my mind.

And do English people say "Pink Floyd are a good band?" (and don't answer with "No, they say 'Pink Floyd are a bunch of pretentious wanks.'")