Getting back on that GGPO as of today. if folks are down for some 3s or Garou. hit me up on there.
Drew/Mike J: Subject/verb agreement, guys!
Also, yes to GGPO. I’m sick so I’m staying in tonight, no games here.
The grammar police is annoying.
Not to be too gay but if the police are being referred to as a “singular” entity instead of plurally multiple members of that entity, “is” is the correct verb, isn’t it?
Question answered!
Seriously though, the word ‘police’ will always require a plural verb because it is a plural noun. The singular form has a gender attached to it (policeman/woman). Your sentence would be true if ‘police’ were a collective noun but it is not.
"The joke police is a corrupt government entity."
Is the word entity plural in this sentence?
Obviously in the part you pointed out I used “are” because it is correct in that context. But I’m not sure I agree that it will always require a plural verb. I think when referring to it as a specific entity, it IS being used as a collective noun. Just like you wouldn’t say the football team “are” going out for pizza. You would say, the football team “is” going out for pizza!
Entity is the object of the joke police’s “being”, not the noun.
Mind you the joke police refers to myself, which IS a singular noun, and by that virtue means is would be the proper usage. So both of you are right! Congratulations!
heading to bowling alley in a few, who else is down?
You would say the ‘team is’ going out because that is the proper usage of a collective noun, BUT ‘police’ is not a collective noun, just an irregular plural one.You could say ‘team are’ if you want to emphasize the individual members of the team. It sounds weird but that’s just how English works. That’s why we usually say ‘team members’ in those cases!
The best way to explain it would be to just take the common pronoun for each:
Police = plural irregular noun = they
Team = singular collective noun = it
Team members = singular collective noun (focused on members) = they
Teams’ members = plural collec-you know what just fuck English alright?
You’re explaining things that don’t need to be explained. I don’t need a basic grammar/English lesson. They would not be the pronoun for “the police” when you’re referring to them as an entity, is my point. It might not be the regular way “the police” is used, but my point was in the way Mike J used it, it was!
Are you saying he should have said “The police ‘are’ a government entity”?
Also, like Mike said “the police” was referring to him singularly in the gay usage that has occurred here.
To be fair, though, I guess you are actually right in the sense that, Mike J’s sentence really would make more sense with the term “the police force” or something like that.
And Mike J, I realize entity is not the noun that is “being” if you will, in that sentence, yes. But it is still a noun, and the object of a nouns singularity/plurality also needs to match with its objects if it is also a noun.
For example, if I were to say Mike J and Mike G were fags, I would say it that way, with fag being pluralized. Or if you were an ambiguously gay duo. The ambigiously gay duo is gay. Not the ambiguosly gay duo “are” gay. But, the ambiguously gay duo are fags. Because I am referring specifically to the members of the duo!
Also, just cuz I like to argue, a lot of the specifics of collective nouns and whether or not certain words (police specifically) can be used with singular/plural verbs depends on whether you’re talking about American English or British English!
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What in the fuck are you people talking about ? Wow.
Ya’ll Mafs iz Dum N’ 5hit, M8s.
GG’s to Nic, Geoff, Chris A, and Guile Mike tonight. Shit was fun. Once I get back, Dedicating two nights a week to MK.
Yes! That would have been the best way to phrase that sentence. The shit just sounded wonky otherwise. But really, my issue was Drew using an irregular plural noun to refer to a singular person on top of an error in s/v agreement. You can’t just call a singular object a plural noun. I can’t call Mike J ‘the gay herd’ or ‘the fag army’. It doesn’t make any sense!
Also: http://www.hulu.com/watch/241605/saturday-night-live-ambiguously-gay-duo
Back when SNL was good! EDIT: WAIT WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS NEW. Steven Colbert is in this?
Are you people really discussing grammar? I swear you people argue just to argue LOL
In other news, no one in Tampa really plays BBCS or Tekken. Guess I’ll just have to scrub it out with sent till I can use Strange/Sent/Ghost Rider
That team in your hands is going to be STUPID.
Rolling with Ken, Ryu, E.Ryu and Dan for a couple of weeks (probably til the next monthly). Sak, Akuma, Oni and Sagat are after that. I keep getting kara focus attacks not on purpose that I need to learn how to make… On purpose. That and kara fireballs, but that’s just for space control.
Hey guys, Just a heads up, until further notice, I cannot receive any texts, so if you need to get in contact with me, please call me!
I wanna see when you guys’ next tournament is.
working on it, when i have a steady date, Ill post up on it
So whats popping today fellas?