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Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
in Not Sports Related


"Company X is/are proud of its/their record of excellent customer service"
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  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,991
    is and its.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    edited January 2014
    is and its of course, any doughnut would know that ;-)

    shouldn't the its be it's?
  • Heath Hero
    Heath Hero Posts: 1,520
    is and its. Company is singular.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,056
    I'm with Largo rather than Large on this one :)
  • Red_Pete_in_Dubai
    Red_Pete_in_Dubai Posts: 2,764
    edited January 2014
    Company is a singular noun, so is and its.
  • gilbertfilbert
    gilbertfilbert Posts: 2,282
    is and its
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,387
    Is and its, but lose the quotes and add a full stop. Smiley winky thing.
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,495
    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
    MrLargo Posts: 7,991
    edited January 2014
    http://www.spadealaw.com/content/top-ten-list-grammar-errors-avoid-business-letters

    http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=6114
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    Is and it's.
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  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,740
    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    Is and its.




  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    dickplumb said:

    Is and it's.

    Correct.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    dickplumb said:

    Is and it's its.

  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    limeygent said:

    dickplumb said:

    Is and it's.

    Correct Wrong.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    dickplumb said:

    Is and it's.


    I think you'll find it's its
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    edited January 2014
    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
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    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
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    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
    Macronate Posts: 12,897
    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

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  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Come on Napoleon, where are you?
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    edited January 2014
    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
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    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
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)

    ok teacher

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    edited January 2014
    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
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    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
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    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
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,341
    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
    RedChaser Posts: 19,886
    edited January 2014
    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
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    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....'

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