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"Google is used a collective noun"? Would you like an 'as' with that? :lol:

You can't be serious, Maurice. England, as in footie, is a team. A team 'is' good. Or 'is' crap. But it's not the team 'are', any more than Google. Google is a company or business. A company 'is' and a business/organisation 'is', not 'are'. The company is going places (as a whole), not the company 'are' - a company, or Google, is a SINGLE ENTITY, as is a team (England). Collective = as a single entity.

I think most of us have agreed that the Beeb no longer reflects the Queen's English and certainly not its grammar, and just because something is in common usage doesn't make it right. It's full of Americanisms in both words and pronunciation: 'skedule' is used daily, 'overly' (cue Colin Phillips fainting clean away), and a 'whole raft' of other examples! Why bother to have any principles of language at all - we might as well spell and construct as we wish if common usage is a criterion of acceptability?

<blockquote data-quote="krizon" data-source="post: 2081814" data-attributes="member: 64950">&quot;Google is used a collective noun&quot;?&nbsp; Would you like an &#039;as&#039; with that?&nbsp;&nbsp; :lol:&nbsp;&nbsp; You can&#039;t be serious, Maurice.&nbsp; England, as in footie, is a team.&nbsp;&nbsp; A team &#039;is&#039; good.&nbsp; Or &#039;is&#039; crap.&nbsp; But it&#039;s not the team &#039;are&#039;, any more than Google.&nbsp;&nbsp; Google is a company or business.&nbsp; A company &#039;is&#039; and a business/organisation &#039;is&#039;, not &#039;are&#039;.&nbsp; The company is going places (as a whole), not the company &#039;are&#039; - a company, or Google, is a SINGLE ENTITY, as is a team (England).&nbsp; Collective = as a single entity. I think most of us have agreed that the Beeb no longer reflects the Queen&#039;s English and certainly not its grammar, and just because something is in common usage doesn&#039;t make it right.&nbsp; It&#039;s full of Americanisms in both words and pronunciation:&nbsp; &#039;skedule&#039; is used daily, &#039;overly&#039; (cue Colin Phillips fainting clean away), and a &#039;whole raft&#039; of other examples!&nbsp; Why bother to have any principles of language at all - we might as well spell and construct as we wish if common usage is a criterion of acceptability?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krizon, post: 2081814, member: 64950"] "Google is used a collective noun"? Would you like an 'as' with that? :lol: You can't be serious, Maurice. England, as in footie, is a team. A team 'is' good. Or 'is' crap. But it's not the team 'are', any more than Google. Google is a company or business. A company 'is' and a business/organisation 'is', not 'are'. The company is going places (as a whole), not the company 'are' - a company, or Google, is a SINGLE ENTITY, as is a team (England). Collective = as a single entity. I think most of us have agreed that the Beeb no longer reflects the Queen's English and certainly not its grammar, and just because something is in common usage doesn't make it right. It's full of Americanisms in both words and pronunciation: 'skedule' is used daily, 'overly' (cue Colin Phillips fainting clean away), and a 'whole raft' of other examples! Why bother to have any principles of language at all - we might as well spell and construct as we wish if common usage is a criterion of acceptability? [/QUOTE]

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