Ello asked:
There is a organisation called Big Bang, that consists of 5 members.
Is it grammatically scold to call a organisation with unaccompanied or plural (because of a members..) terms?
There is a organisation called Big Bang, that consists of 5 members.
Is it grammatically scold to call a organisation with unaccompanied or plural (because of a members..) terms?
Examples:
Big Bang [has/have] appeared upon multiform song shows.
Big Bang [has/have] distinguished [their/its] entrance anniversary.
I do not know.. should there should there be coherence with a pronouns? It seems ungainly to call a organisation “it”, though if we make use of “they”.. regulating “Big Bang have..” additionally seems off to me.
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January 28th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
It’s a single entity. It’s singular, is/has/was.
The Big Bang members got arrested for drunkeness is plural.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:47 am
The group is singluar, even though it is composed of several people.
For example, Congress is a large group of people; however, Congress is in session, not Congress are in session.
February 1st, 2009 at 6:39 pm
In American English, standard usage is to refer to groups/companies (collective nouns) in the singular (”Big Bang has…”), but British English uses the plural (”Big Bang have…”).
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
put the words, ” the group” in place of Big Bang and see if this helps you out. as a group and not individuals the group has celebrated its debut anniversary. the group has appeared on several music shows.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
The term ‘Big Bang’ is considered as singular because it is talking about ‘a group’ of individuals.
It is not looking at the individuals separately. It is looking at the individuals as one, which in this case is a group
Group is singular and groups are plural.
The group is going to the show.
The groups are going to the show
February 8th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
You would be correct to use the singular with Big Bang..
Big Bang has appeared on several music shows.
Big Bang has celebrated its debut anniversary.
BUT
The members of Big Bang have discussed their diverse musical backgrounds.
[Remember that the subject of a sentence will never be found within a preposition phrase. In the sentence above, members is the subject; therefore, the possessive adjective "their" must agree with it in number. Also the helping verb is "have" rather than "has" because members is plural.]