Things People Say or Write That Annoy You

The Batlord · 03-23-2018, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

If I'm describing them as a team, I use the singular.

Pretty sure this is a lie. No one does that. Probably because it's a pointless grammar rule that should be flexible.

Trollheart · 03-23-2018, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

If I'm describing them as a team, I use the singular.

Yeah. I pretty much always do the opposite. And it's not just me. I see it on Match of the Day: "Spurs weren't great on the defence today, were they?" (Not Spurs wasn't great...") or "That player is really something. He's too good for Middlesboro. They'll struggle to keep him there." Not "It will struggle" etc. Maybe it's wrong; I'm not saying it isn't. But it's one of those things that has just happened and been accepted for so long now. You go to see Zu in concert. Do you say "It played a great set" or "They played a great set"? Just sounds wrong, the former...
(shrug)

The Batlord · 03-23-2018, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah. I pretty much always do the opposite. And it's not just me. I see it on Match of the Day: "Spurs weren't great on the defence today, were they?" (Not Spurs wasn't great...") or "That player is really something. He's too good for Middlesboro. They'll struggle to keep him there." Not "It will struggle" etc. Maybe it's wrong; I'm not saying it isn't. But it's one of those things that has just happened and been accepted for so long now. You go to see Zu in concert. Do you say "It played a great set" or "They played a great set"? Just sounds wrong, the former...
(shrug)

Precxactly.

**Frownland** · 03-23-2018, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Pretty sure this is a lie. No one does that. Probably because it's a pointless grammar rule that should be flexible.

Mark this as the day you found out that someone you know does that.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah. I pretty much always do the opposite. And it's not just me. I see it on Match of the Day: "Spurs weren't great on the defence today, were they?" (Not Spurs wasn't great...") or "That player is really something. He's too good for Middlesboro. They'll struggle to keep him there." Not "It will struggle" etc. Maybe it's wrong; I'm not saying it isn't. But it's one of those things that has just happened and been accepted for so long now. You go to see Zu in concert. Do you say "It played a great set" or "They played a great set"? Just sounds wrong, the former...
(shrug)

I'm aware that people don't know how to use collective nouns, that's why I brought it up.

I would say "Zu played a great set." This isn't a discussion about pronouns. If you were to describe their music, would you say "Zu play a combination of metal and jazz" or would you say something coherent such as "Zu plays a combination of metal and jazz"? "Zu are very good" versus "Zu is very good"? If you're referring to a unit, it's singular. Soz if you've been convinced otherwise because you're wrong.

grindy · 03-23-2018, 11:39 AM

Plural sounds more righter to me.
Suck balls.

**Frownland** · 03-23-2018, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Plural sounds more righter to me.
Suck balls.

Dude in Germany eats up propaganda. Colour me surprised.

Trollheart · 03-23-2018, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Mark this as the day you found out that someone you know does that.

I'm aware that people don't know how to use collective nouns, that's why I brought it up.

I would say "Zu played a great set." This isn't a discussion about pronouns. If you were to describe their music, would you say "Zu play a combination of metal and jazz" or would you say something coherent such as "Zu plays a combination of metal and jazz"? "Zu are very good" versus "Zu is very good"? If you're referring to a unit, it's singular. Soz if you've been convinced otherwise because you're wrong.

Yeah, that only works if you keep saying Zu like a retard. You can do that, I guess, as it's a short word (but people are going to think there's something wrong with you, that you can't replace the word Zu with another pronoun) but what if the band name is longer? Say, oh I don't know, The Andrew Jackson Jihad? Are you going to keep repeating their name? At some point you have to say "it" or "they". And yes, I'm aware that for that particular band you could refer to it as "he" since it's basically his band, but you know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by grindy

Plural sounds more righter to me.
Suck balls.

Always plural. Suck ball doesn't sound the same, does it?

**Frownland** · 03-23-2018, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah, that only works if you keep saying Zu like a retard. You can do that, I guess, as it's a short word (but people are going to think there's something wrong with you, that you can't replace the word Zu with another pronoun) but what if the band name is longer? Say, oh I don't know, The Andrew Jackson Jihad? Are you going to keep repeating their name? At some point you have to say "it" or "they". And yes, I'm aware that for that particular band you could refer to it as "he" since it's basically his band, but you know what I mean.

You must have missed this part of my post.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

This isn't a discussion about pronouns.

Honestly a totally different ballpark.

grindy · 03-23-2018, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Always plural. Suck ball doesn't sound the same, does it?

Unless you're Hitler.

grindy · 03-23-2018, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Honestly a totally different ballspark.

ftfy

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