Grammar Police check needed

Henry Irving

"Company X is/are proud of its/their record of excellent customer service"

MrLargo

is and its.

LargeAddick

is and its of course, any doughnut would know that ;-)

shouldn't the its be it's?

Heath Hero

is and its. Company is singular.

TelMc32

I'm with Largo rather than Large on this one

Red_Pete_in_Dubai

Company is a singular noun, so is and its.

gilbertfilbert

is and its

CatAddick

Is and its, but lose the quotes and add a full stop. Smiley winky thing.

Jints

This crops up all the time for me (as I generally undertake litigation and have to check expert reports, pleadings etc.), I would use "is" and "its" since a company/organisation is a single entity. However, so many very well-educated people use the plural that I've given up correcting them and now only insist on internal consistency.

MrLargo

http://www.spadealaw.com/content/top-ten-list-grammar-errors-avoid-business-letters

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=6114

dickplumb

Is and it's.

Fanny Fanackapan

LargeAddick said:

are their

Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

:-)

LenGlover

Is and its.

limeygent

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

Correct.

Chizz

dickplumb said:

Is and it's its.

Chizz

limeygent said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

Correct Wrong.

_MrDick

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

Henry Irving

So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world has ever seen" and "we is Charlton, Coming in Covered End" : - )

Thanks guys,

PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )

Chizz

For sports teams and (in the UK) nations, the name is often transposed to be a plural. So, instead of saying "Charlton Athletic is...", you can say "Charlton Athletic are...". With national teams, in the UK, it is usual to pluralise, so you would say "England have won the Ashes"; in Australia, it's normal to use the singular for nations, so they would say "Australia has won the Ashes".

No idea what the do in Belgium.

dickplumb

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

Macronate

Henry Irving said:

So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world have ever seen" and "we is Charlton, Coming in Covered End" : - )

Thanks guys,

PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )

has

the world is singular

Riviera

Come on Napoleon, where are you?

Chizz

dickplumb said:

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

"iPad"
;-)

dickplumb

Chizz said:

dickplumb said:

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

"iPad"

Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.

LargeAddick

Fanny Fanackapan said:

LargeAddick said:

are their

Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

:-)

ok teacher

eaststandmike

dickplumb said:

Chizz said:

dickplumb said:

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

"iPad"

Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.

Go blow it out your arse!

Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.

Chizz

eaststandmike said:

dickplumb said:

Chizz said:

dickplumb said:

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

"iPad"

Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.

Go blow it out your arse!

Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.

Surely, "Go and blow..."?

eaststandmike

Chizz said:

eaststandmike said:

dickplumb said:

Chizz said:

dickplumb said:

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

"iPad"

Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.

Go blow it out your arse!

Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.

Surely, "Go and blow..."?

I thought Dick was from the USA :-)

thai malaysia addick

It's a common mistake - even from seasoned journalists. They might put "Manchester United are a good team". It's "Manchester United is a good team".

RedChaser

eaststandmike said:

Chizz said:

eaststandmike said:

dickplumb said:

Chizz said:

dickplumb said:

Valley McMoist said:

dickplumb said:

Is and it's.

I think you'll find it's its

That's what I meant but the I pad put it as it's. It overruled me.

"iPad"

Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.

Go blow it out your arse!

Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.

Surely, "Go and blow..."?

I thought Dick was from the USA :-)

There are Dicks all over the place. :-)

MrOneLung

Henry Irving said:

So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world has ever seen" and "we is Charlton, Coming in Covered End" : - )

Thanks guys,

PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )

No because the WE is the plural part not the Charlton.

On Strictly they say ' the first couple through is....'