User talk:Sarbox/Archive 1

Sarbox, please stop switching back to singular verbs in entries for bands with plural names.

Proper nouns which are plural in form take a plural verb in both American and British English.

Examples: British English: "The Clash are a well-known band." American English: "The Clash is a well-known band." Both: "The Beatles are a well-known band." British English: "New England are the champions." American English: "New England is the champion." Both: "The Patriots are the champions." 158.223.1.117 14:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences_between_American_and_British_English#Singular_and_plural_for_nouns

Sarbox, your behavior is puzzling. Why do you keep reverting, in clear breach of the wikipedia guideline's mentioned above? Please provide a reason, here, on my talk page or at Talk:The_Decemberists, before reverting again. Brendanfox 04:16, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You mentioned that you are an editor at a university newspaper. Perhaps you should look to the copyeditor of the New York Times for guidance, then. From a Times article: "It was midsummer of 1964 that the Supremes scored their first major hit". [1] It is more likely that you are mistaken than the Times. All Music Guide, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NY Times all use plural forms when the subject is a plural band name. Please stop making these awkward grammatical changes. Rhobite 20:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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