Pet Peeves

[DaBigTrain]

I don’t like that the word “myriad” can be used as either a noun or an adjective. Just make it noun only for cryin out loud

Team adjective, here.

For a myriad of reasons I agree.

[michigancat]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

['taterblast]

when people spell it "woah"

[Spracne]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

I've actually spent a lot of time thinking about this, and I think the Brits have the better of the argument. We say "Dallas is ..." but "the Cowboys are ..." even though we're referring to the same thing--a group of individuals. Ours is a slavish devotion to form over substance. Let me ask you, would you say "the data is saying" or "the data are saying"?

[mocat]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

['taterblast]

people that don't know the "Reply All" button exists. this seems to be extremely prevalent in contractors or anyone that works in an industry where working on your house is involved.

[mocat]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

In other words, the pronoun for Kansas City is "they", not "it"

[Spracne]

people that don't know the "Reply All" button exists. this seems to be extremely prevalent in contractors or anyone that works in an industry where working on your house is involved.

Happens in all industries. I'm like, I copied this guy on my e-mail to you for a reason. Now you're slightly inconveniencing me! (Assuming I even notice, which I do.)

[michigancat]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

you say "Kansas City are driving down the field"?

And that sounds right to you?

[mocat]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

you say "Kansas City are driving down the field"?

And that sounds right to you?

It sounds right if they are in fact driving down the field, yes

[cfbandyman]

people that don't know the "Reply All" button exists. this seems to be extremely prevalent in contractors or anyone that works in an industry where working on your house is involved.

For me it's the reverse of this, those who hit reply all when it didnt need to be

[DaBigTrain]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

you say "Kansas City are driving down the field"?

And that sounds right to you?

It sounds right if they are in fact driving down the field, yes

Good grief 

[BIG APPLE CAT]

I don’t like that the word “myriad” can be used as either a noun or an adjective. Just make it noun only for cryin out loud

Team adjective, here.

For a myriad of reasons I agree.

Can’t tell if you were being clever here but 

[Spracne]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

you say "Kansas City are driving down the field"?

And that sounds right to you?

Of course it sounds weird to your American English ears. But the point I and other intellectuals are trying to make is that the British English analogue makes better logical sense.

[michigancat]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

you say "Kansas City are driving down the field"?

And that sounds right to you?

Of course it sounds weird to your American English ears. But the point I and other intellectuals are trying to make is that the British English analogue makes better logical sense.

It does except "Kansas City" is singular and "Chiefs" is plural and using plural for both sounds dumb

[Spracne]

on the grammar kick, I hate how the British wrongly use a team name as a plural.

It's Crystal Palace IS a team not Crystal Palace ARE a team.

Could not disagree more. The chiefs are a team. Stupid to say Kansas City is but the chiefs are.

you say "Kansas City are driving down the field"?

And that sounds right to you?

Of course it sounds weird to your American English ears. But the point I and other intellectuals are trying to make is that the British English analogue makes better logical sense.

It does except "Kansas City" is singular and "Chiefs" is plural and using plural for both sounds dumb

Again, you're following form over substance. As my colleague mocat pointed out in another thread, would you say "that group of people are sheep" or "that group of people is sheep"? The subject is group--a singular noun. But the spirit of the subject is inherently plural. So let it be with Kansas City.

[michigancat]

Ok nerd

[Rage Against the McKee]

Both are fine, substance-wise. Form is all that matters in this case.

[mocat]

Speak English to me, Tony. I thought this country spawned the rough ridin' language, and so far nobody seems to speak it.

[8manpick]

Man, MichiganCat really showing his ass here.

[wetwillie]

Haven’t seen mocat this fired up since I suggested the chiefs take a TE in the 1st round

[michigancat]

Man, MichiganCat really showing his ass here.

Yes and team plural is gonna line up and kiss it

[8manpick]

Team plural are going to do no such thing

['taterblast]

team michigancat on this one. pretty sure my high school journalism class tough me team=singular, so, case closed!

[star seed 7]

Fuckin nerds lmao