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Henry Irving
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"Company X is/are proud of its/their record of excellent customer service"
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is and its.1
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is and its of course, any doughnut would know that ;-)
shouldn't the its be it's?0 -
is and its. Company is singular.0
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I'm with Largo rather than Large on this one0
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Company is a singular noun, so is and its.0
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is and its0
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Is and its, but lose the quotes and add a full stop. Smiley winky thing.0
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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.0
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Is and it's.0
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Is and its.
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So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world has ever seen" and "we is Charlton,
Coming inCovered End" : - )
Thanks guys,
PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )1 -
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.0 -
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hasHenry Irving said:So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world
haveever seen" and "we is Charlton,Coming inCovered End" : - )
Thanks guys,
PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )
the world is singular
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Come on Napoleon, where are you?0
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"iPad"dickplumb said:
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Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.Chizz said:
"iPad"dickplumb said:
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Go blow it out your arse!dickplumb said:
Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.Chizz said:
"iPad"dickplumb said:
Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.1 -
Surely, "Go and blow..."?eaststandmike said:
Go blow it out your arse!dickplumb said:
Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.Chizz said:
"iPad"dickplumb said:
Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.
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I thought Dick was from the USA :-)Chizz said:
Surely, "Go and blow..."?eaststandmike said:
Go blow it out your arse!dickplumb said:
Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.Chizz said:
"iPad"dickplumb said:
Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.0 -
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".0
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There are Dicks all over the place. :-)eaststandmike said:
I thought Dick was from the USA :-)Chizz said:
Surely, "Go and blow..."?eaststandmike said:
Go blow it out your arse!dickplumb said:
Go blow it out of your arse. I hope that is correct.Chizz said:
"iPad"dickplumb said:
Exclamation mark at the end, not a full stop.0 -
No because the WE is the plural part not the Charlton.Henry Irving said:So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world has ever seen" and "we is Charlton,
Coming inCovered End" : - )
Thanks guys,
PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )
On Strictly they say ' the first couple through is....'0