Tanner, Robby wrote:
> There is one school of thought. Singular nouns require singular verbs. A
> company is a collective, but singular, noun. A bunch of bananas...etc. "A
> bunch IS" not "A bunch ARE". Redhat is a company, singular. If the British
> convention is to refer to A company in the plural, then the convention is
> wrong inasmuch as it violates the rules of English syntax. I find it
> disconcerting that the birthplace of my mother tongue would call something
> as simple as this a matter of convention.
[...]
I agree, and upon further reading I realize I was mildly mistaken. It is
common to see company names such as "Red and Hat, Ltd." taking the plural,
but not names such as "RedHat Software" taking the plural. I'd prefer
the singular in both cases.
-W-
Deliver yesterday, code today, think tomorrow.
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