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Valyrian_Tinfoil t1_j3590mu wrote

Reply to comment by masterofyourhouse in Data IS versus Data ARE. Glad to see more search results for the grammatically-correct phrasing. [OC] by prettyhugediscer

Ah. Well that’s just stupid. Like when I’m talking about family, which is composed of individual members I love, I don’t say “my family are having dinner tonight”. Why do you think team is treated in such a peculiar and incorrect way?

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masterofyourhouse t1_j359fjc wrote

Oh, “my family are” would also be correct in British English! Basically any noun that describes a collective is treated this way. It’s an interesting quirk and definitely sounds odd if you’re not used to it.

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AmazingThinkCricket t1_j38p3ig wrote

Least ignorant and arrogant American

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Valyrian_Tinfoil t1_j3a4dev wrote

Idgaf. And I do actually take pride in saying what I feel in a time where doing so is so repressed.

I truly feel that it is stupid to use ‘are’ for nouns that are a collective.

So go ahead and insult America, makes you no different than the rest of the world we’re protecting.

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